Description
Good Governance is a Choice, 2nd edition is a book about, and for, boards of public and non-profit organizations. Its central focus is on public school boards and the special challenges they face, but the governing model it introduces, Coherent Governance , is applicable to any board of any type. Coherent Governance is a policy-based governing model that features a fail-proof means for creating absolute role clarity for boards and their CEOs. The model offers a process for boards to control operational decisions without making them, allowing them to spend the dominant part of their time on what matters-whether the organization is delivering the goods for the clients it serves. The authors challenge readers to consider themselves to be the very first board elected or appointed to serve their organization and to thoughtfully craft a governance role and board processes to allow them to best do their work-unencumbered by past practice and tradition. They draw from their combined 60-plus years of experience in working with public and non-profit boards as they present their state-of-the-art governing model.
About the Author
Dr. Randy Quinn served for 30 years as executive director of two state school boards associations, in Alabama for 19 years and in Colorado for 11 years. He has written more than 400 articles for publication in various journals, and has served on the boards of directors of numerous state and national organizations. He too benefited from the high visibility of the Colorado board training programs, and co-founded AGI: Aspen Group International LLC in 1993 to extend his work throughout the United States and internationally. Linda J. Dawson has more than 35 years of experience as a skilled author, consultant, coach and facilitator with a career in teaching and administration, agency public relations, and association leadership. As an executive with the Colorado Association of School Boards, she developed widely regarded governance training programs recognized at the national and international levels. The ensuing demand for her services led to her decision to co-found AGI: Aspen Group International LLC in 1993.
Reviews
Again, Randy and Linda get it exactly right. I have long believed that governance is the key to school improvement. Period. Not lack of funding, teacher unions, government regulations, lack of technology, poor administrative leadership-governance! Good, coherent, governance can overcome these and other obstacles preventing America's children from getting the education they deserve and the nation so desperately needs. Too many board members focus on adult versus student issues in an attempt to curry the favor needed to run for a higher political office. And, too many superintendents are just trying to get from one side of the road to the other without getting run over. An old Southern minister once told me that 'some folks would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven.' Randy and Linda have developed a clear, coherent, roadmap for those who really want to change their 'sinful' ways! -- Terry Grier, EdD, retired superintendent, Houston Independent School District; Houston, Texas
Coherence Governance has fundamentally changed how our board and administration operate and work together. We are more efficient, transparent and focused on students as a result. -- Paru Shah, president, Shorewood School District Board of Education, WI
Quinn and Dawson's Coherent Governance model not only provides an efficient mechanism to achieve role clarification between board members and CEOs, it also empowers boards and executives to work strategically and collaboratively. By making the choice to embrace Coherent Governance, we strengthened our organization by focusing on, and subsequently achieving, the results that mattered most to our members. -- Doug Booher, CVE, past chair, International Association of Venue Managers
Linda Dawson and Randy Quinn have their act together. Their straightforward combination of theory and practical application of Coherent Governance has helped our district, in the second year of implementation, to experience clear board/superintendent roles and responsibilities, accountability, and alignment of student achievement goals. -- Todd Yuzuriha, president, Board of Directors, Evergreen Public Schools, Vancouver, WA
Book Information
ISBN 9781475846201
Author Randy Quinn
Format Paperback
Page Count 150
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 149mm * 9mm
About the Author
Dr. Randy Quinn served for 30 years as executive director of two state school boards associations, in Alabama for 19 years and in Colorado for 11 years. He has written more than 400 articles for publication in various journals, and has served on the boards of directors of numerous state and national organizations. He too benefited from the high visibility of the Colorado board training programs, and co-founded AGI: Aspen Group International LLC in 1993 to extend his work throughout the United States and internationally. Linda J. Dawson has more than 35 years of experience as a skilled author, consultant, coach and facilitator with a career in teaching and administration, agency public relations, and association leadership. As an executive with the Colorado Association of School Boards, she developed widely regarded governance training programs recognized at the national and international levels. The ensuing demand for her services led to her decision to co-found AGI: Aspen Group International LLC in 1993.
Reviews
Again, Randy and Linda get it exactly right. I have long believed that governance is the key to school improvement. Period. Not lack of funding, teacher unions, government regulations, lack of technology, poor administrative leadership-governance! Good, coherent, governance can overcome these and other obstacles preventing America's children from getting the education they deserve and the nation so desperately needs. Too many board members focus on adult versus student issues in an attempt to curry the favor needed to run for a higher political office. And, too many superintendents are just trying to get from one side of the road to the other without getting run over. An old Southern minister once told me that 'some folks would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven.' Randy and Linda have developed a clear, coherent, roadmap for those who really want to change their 'sinful' ways! -- Terry Grier, EdD, retired superintendent, Houston Independent School District; Houston, Texas
Coherence Governance has fundamentally changed how our board and administration operate and work together. We are more efficient, transparent and focused on students as a result. -- Paru Shah, president, Shorewood School District Board of Education, WI
Quinn and Dawson's Coherent Governance model not only provides an efficient mechanism to achieve role clarification between board members and CEOs, it also empowers boards and executives to work strategically and collaboratively. By making the choice to embrace Coherent Governance, we strengthened our organization by focusing on, and subsequently achieving, the results that mattered most to our members. -- Doug Booher, CVE, past chair, International Association of Venue Managers
Linda Dawson and Randy Quinn have their act together. Their straightforward combination of theory and practical application of Coherent Governance has helped our district, in the second year of implementation, to experience clear board/superintendent roles and responsibilities, accountability, and alignment of student achievement goals. -- Todd Yuzuriha, president, Board of Directors, Evergreen Public Schools, Vancouver, WA
Book Information
ISBN 9781475846201
Author Randy Quinn
Format Paperback
Page Count 150
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 149mm * 9mm
