Governance as Leadership
by Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, Barbara E. Taylor · Richard P. Chait
Chait, Ryan and Taylor propose three modes of nonprofit trusteeship — fiduciary, strategic and generative — and argue boards underuse the third. Explains why competent boards still feel unproductive and how to reframe their agenda.
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