Bibliographies:
John Carver

John Carver is one of the most published thinkers on governance worldwide. Governance is defined for this purpose as that share of management and organizational leadership peculiar to the governing body. (Non-governance papers on education and mental health form a small part of his earliest publications). For lifetime achievement of "Exceptional Contributions to the Principles and Practice of Quality in Governance," in 2013 he was awarded the Marcos E.J. Bertin Medal by the International Academy for Quality in Governance. Following is a listing in chronologically reversed order of John Carver's writings through March 2016. Unwritten keynote speeches and major addresses on governance and management are omitted. Four interviews about--but not authored by--John Carver are included.

Academic/Publishing Roles

-Formerly Member, Editorial Review Board, Corporate Governance: An International Review

-Currently Co-Executive Editor, Board Leadership: Policy Governance in Action

-Formerly Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto

-Formerly Adjunct Professor, Institute for Nonprofit Organizations (Department of Political Science and School of Social Work), University of Georgia, Athens

-Formerly Visiting Lecturer, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

-Formerly Visiting Lecturer, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee

Books

Corporate Boards That Create Value: Governing Company Performance from the Boardroom.  Co-authored with Caroline Oliver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. (Published in Portuguese as Conselhos de Administração que Geram Valor: Dirigindo o Desempenho da Empresa a Partir do Conselho by Editora Cultrix, São Paulo). 

John Carver on Board Leadership: Selected Writings From the Creator of the World's Most Provocative and Systematic Governance Model. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Reinventing Your Board: A Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997; 2nd edition, 2006.

A New Vision for Board Leadership: Governing the Community College. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Washington: Association of Community College Trustees, 1994.

Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990; 3rd edition, 2006.

Forewords or Chapters in Books

"Maintaining Board Leadership: Staying on Track and Institutionalizing Excellence," chapter in The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, pp. 55-67. [Reprinted from Boards That Make A Difference, 3rd edition.]

"Foreword." Getting Started with Policy Governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity, and Efficiency to Your Board, Caroline Oliver (Jossey-Bass, 2009).

"Foreword." Verantwoord Besturen by Jan Maas and Helmie van Ravestein. Harmelen and Heemstede, Netherlands, 2006.

"Foreword." Corporate Governance: Mastering Business in Asia by Peter Wallace and John Zinkin. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Pte Ltd, 2005.

"Foreword." The Board Member's Playbook: Using Policy Governance to Solve Problems, Make Decisions, and Build a Stronger Board by Miriam Carver and Bill Charney. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, February 2004.

"Foreword." Governance for Health System Trustees by Jannice E. Moore. Ottawa: CHA Press, 2003.

"Foreword." The Policy Governance Fieldbook: Practical Lessons, Tips and Tools from the Experiences of Real-World Boards by Caroline Oliver (gen. ed.), Mike Conduff, Susan Edsall, Carol Gabanna, Randee Loucks, Denise Paszkiewicz, Catherine Raso, and Linda Stier. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

"Foreword." School Board Leadership 2000: The Things Staff Didn't Tell You at Orientation by Gene Royer. Houston: Brockton Publishing Co., 1996.

Monographs

The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Ends and the Ownership. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

The Governance of Financial Management. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Adjacent Leadership Roles: CGO and CEO. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Evaluating CEO and Board Performance. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Implementing Policy Governance and Staying on Track. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. Carver Policy Governance® Guide Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

"The Unique Double Servant Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson." Booklet #2. Voices of Servant-Leadership Series. Indianapolis: The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, Feb. 1999.

"The CEO Role Under Policy Governance." Booklet #12, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Co-authored with Miriam Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Board Members as Fundraisers, Advisors, and Lobbyists." Booklet #11, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Strategies for Board Leadership." Booklet #10, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Making Diversity Meaningful in the Boardroom." Booklet #9, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Co-authored with Miriam Mayhew Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Board Self-Assessment." Booklet #8, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Board Assessment of the CEO." Booklet #7, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Creating a Mission That Makes a Difference." Booklet #6, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Planning Better Board Meetings." Booklet #5, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"The Chairperson's Role as Servant-Leader to the Board." Booklet #4, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Three Steps to Fiduciary Responsibility." Booklet #3, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Board Member." Booklet #2, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Co-authored with Miriam Mayhew Carver. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Basic Principles of Policy Governance." Booklet #1, The CarverGuide Series on Effective Board Governance. Co- authored with Miriam Mayhew Carver (available in French as "Principes fondamentaux de la gouvernance par politiques"). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. [Also published in Spanish by the Mexican government]

"Board Excellence through John Carver's Policy Governance Model." Unpublished booklet, 1996.

"Eighteen Principles for Effective Leadership by the Board of Directors: An Introduction to the Technology of Governance for Nonprofit Organizations." Berkeley, CA.: Center for Community Futures, 1986.

"Improving Board Control and Effectiveness: The Problems of Non-Profit Governance--Part III." The Non-Profit Administrator's Master Guide, 1982, 1 (4), 7-11.

"Improving Board Control and Effectiveness: The Problems of Non-Profit Governance--Part II." The Non-Profit Administrator's Master Guide, 1982, 1 (3), 9-11.

"Improving Board Control and Effectiveness: The Problems of Non-Profit Governance--Part I." The Non-Profit Administrator's Master Guide, 1982, 1 (2), 14-16.

"Business Leadership on Nonprofit Boards." Board Monograph Series, No. 12. Washington: National Association of Corporate Directors, 1980.

Electronic Materials

The Policy Governance^® Model: An Introduction by John and Miriam Carver. DVD featuring John and Miriam Carver. Ogdensburg, NY: International Policy Governance Association, 2008.

"What Continues to Be Wrong with Corporate Governance . . . And How to Fix It." Ivey Business Journal, online publication of Ivey Business School, London, Ontario (www.ivey.ca) Sept.-Oct., 2003.

"Donors Should Care About Good Governance." www.onPhilanthropy.com, 2003.

"A Theory of Corporate Governance:  Finding a New Balance for Boards and Their CEOs."  Electronically published by Corporate Board Member [http://www.boardmember.com', April 2001.

"The Orphan of Management."  Electronically published by International Corporate Governance [http://www.governance.co.uk], February 2001.

Reinventing Governance: Enabling a Revolution in Leadership for Community College Boards. Videocassette program. Washington: Association of Community College Trustees, 1993.

John Carver on Board Governance. Videocassette program. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

"Empowering Boards for Leadership: Redefining Excellence in Governance." Audio cassette program. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

"Re-Inventing the Board: Strategic Leadership for Public and Nonprofit Governance." Video Teleconference. Atlanta: University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 1989.

"Governing Parks and Recreation: Board Strategic Leadership in a New Light." Video cassette program. Alexandria, VA.: National Recreation and Park Association, 1987.

"Nonprofit and Governmental Boards: New Design for Leadership." Video cassette program. Atlanta: Georgia Power Company, 1986.

"A Tested, Fresh Approach to Designing the Board's Job." Audio cassette program. Milwaukee: Family Service America, 1985.

"Strategic Leadership: New Principles for Boards, Councils and Commissions." Audio cassette program. San Francisco: Public Management Institute, 1985.

Articles

"Why Are Boards Our Weakest Link?" Contributions, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 17,20.

"Beyond Board Self-Evaluation," "Who is Responsible for Governance?" "The Board and the Internal Auditor" (co-authored with Miriam Carver), "Policy Governance Experts Frequently Claim that Governance Has Long Operated Without the Benefit of Theory. How Do You Explain that Some Lawyers Argue that Agency Theory Fulfills that Requirement?" "Input is not Governance," "Ethics and Prudence Standards vs. Management Consulting," "Revisiting Values in Policy Governance," "Accountability Isn't Blame; It's a System Characteristic," "Alpha to Omega," "Should a Board Leave Administrative Cost to the CEO?" "Policy Governance Sample Policies," "Does 'Speaking With One Voice' Mean No Dissent?" "Accountability Isn't Blame; It's a System Characteristic," "Alpha to Omega," "Should a Board Leave Administrative Cost to the CEO?" "Policy Governance Sample Policies," "Does 'Speaking with One Voice' Mean No Dissent?" "Boardroom Conversation: Total or Incremental Policy Governance Language," "Say What?" "If Board Expectations Aren't Met, How Can the Board Tell Between Problems of Policy Wording and CEO Interpretation?" "When the Board Asks a Committee to Develop Its Initial Policies." Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

"The Future Lies in Sound Governance Theory," Directors & Boards, 4th Quarter, 2006, pp. 95-96.  Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"How Boards Create Value: Beyond Best Practices," Presentation to 9th Annual Corporate Governance Conference, Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, UK, October 4, 2006.

"Care and Feeding of Trustees" and "Complacent Boards," in Contributions, Vol. 20, No. 4 Sept/Oct 2006, p. 5

"Trustee Roles" and "Board Evaluation," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 20, No. 3 May/June 2006, p. 5.

"Un modelo de Gobierno Corporativo para el Mexico moderno" (A Corporate Governance Model for a Modern Mexico). Ejecutivos de Finanzas (Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas). No. 9, 2006, pp. 1-15.

"How Good People Can Inadvertently Abuse the Board's Trusteeship," "Who's the 'Authoritative Source' on Policy Governance?" "Is It a Problem That CEOs Often Cultivate A Stronger Relationship With the Chairperson Than With Other Board Members?" "Seven Things a Board Chair Should Never Do," "What Authority Does a Board Committee Have Over the Staff Member Assigned for its Support?"  "Should Senior Staff be Present at Board Meetings?" "How Much Policy Governance is Required for it to be Policy Governance?"  "Why Not Delegate the Evaluation of the Executive Director (our CEO) to the Human Resource Committee?"  "The Red Herring of Board Involvement"  "Why Nonprofit Boards Should Not Learn Accountability from Corporate Boards." "Prescribing Favored Means by Proscribing All Others," "Sharpening the Global Ends Policy," (Co-authored with Miriam Carver), "Durable Theory, Refined Practice," "The Importance of Operational Definitions," "News Reports Through Policy Governance Eyes." Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

 "Presenting Budgets," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 20, No. 1 Jan/Feb 2006, p. 13.

"Governance Theory and Governance Codes." Paper presented to the Yaroslavl State University Conference on Innovations in Economic Development: Theory and Practice. Yaroslavl, Russia, November 1-2, 2005.

"Revitalizing Your Board" and "Avoiding Turkeys," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 19, No. 5 Sept/Oct 2005, pp. 10-11.

"Lemmings No More" and "Cease 'Winging' It," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 19, No. 3 May/June 2005, pp. 14, 20.

"Dominant Trustees" and "Board Retreats," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 19, No. 1 Jan/Feb 2005, pp. 10-11.

"Now Let's Really Reform Governance,"  "Policy Governance and the Law," "The Contrast Between Accountability and Liability," "Ends That Make a Difference: Boldly Creating the Future," "Why All the Fuss About the Peculiar Policy Governance Ends Concept?" "Policy Governance and 'Best Practices,'" "News Reports Through Policy Governance Eyes," "Why Does the Word Monitoring Have Such a Restrictive Definition in Policy Governance Literature?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

"The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson," chapter in Practicing Servant Leadership: Succeeding through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness, Larry C. Spears and Michele Lawrence, eds., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004, pp 25-46. [This is a republication of an earlier address and monograph of the same title.]

"Untitled," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 18, No. 6 Nov/Dec 2004, p. 15.

"Now Let's Really Reform Governance," Directors Monthly (National Association of Corporate Directors), November 2004, pp. 16-17. 

"Advisory Committee Pros and Cons," and "Craving Accountability," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 18, No. 4 July/Aug 2004, p. 21.

"Transcending Ourselves: The Board's Unique Contribution to Success," Keynote Address, Conference of the International Policy Governance Association, Chicago, June 11, 2004.

"The Servant-Leadership Imperative in the Invisible Republic," Keynote Address, The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership 14th Annual International Conference, Indianapolis, June 11, 2004.

"Hands On or Off?" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 18 - No. 3 May/June 2004, p. 22.

"Staff Misconceptions," "Diluted Service?" and "Micromanaging" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 18 - No. 2 March/April 2004, p. 14.

"Recruiting's Red Flags" and "Meeting Preparation" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 18 - No. 1 Jan/Feb 2004, p. 18.

"Can You Really Separate Ends from Means? Shouldn't the Board and Staff Work as Partners?" "If Corporate Governance Is a Fad, We Need More Fads," "Shouldn't This Information be Confidential Between Me and My Staff?" "How to Tell Board Means from Staff Means" (co-authored with Miriam Carver), "Won't a Larger Board Mean There is Greater Diversity in Governance?" "You Claim that Policy Governance is a Universal Model for Governance. Why is a Universal Model Even Needed?" "Why Shouldn't a Board Set Ends Policies One Program at a Time?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

"Controlling Without Meddling - The Role of Boards." An interview in Business Strategies, Oct. 2003, pp. 10-11.

"Boards Should Add Value: But Which Value and to Whom?" Corporate Governance Quarterly, Issue Fall 2003, pp. 10-11. [Previously published Jan. 2003 in Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, op.cit.]

"Devising Agendas" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 17 - No. 5 Sept/Oct 2003, p. 6.

"Model corporativnogo upravleniya: novyi balance mezhdu sovetom directorov i managementom companii." Economicheski Vestnic, No. 9, 2003, pp. 101-110. Yaroslavl: Yaroslavl State University.

"The New Chairman: A Chief Governance Officer (CGO) for Tomorrow's Board," in Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, Issue 109 August, 2003, pp. 1-2.

"The Trap in Greater Board Activism: Investors Need More Governing, Not More Micromanaging," in Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, Issue 108, May 2003, pp. 14-15..

"Shielding Staff" and "Is Your Mission Worthy?" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 17 - No. 3 May/June 2003, pp. 9, 11.

"Is There A Fundamental Difference Between Governance and Management?" in Boardroom, Vol. 11 - No. 2 March/April 2003, pp. 1, 7.

"The Orphan Topic: Making Sense of the Governors' Dilemma," in FEnow (Association of Colleges, London), Spring 2003, pp. 26-27.

"Is Expertise Important?" and "Seeking Diversity," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 17 - No. 2 March/April 2003, p. 14.

"Shareholder Value Is Not the Problem: Corporate Misdeeds Cannot be Blamed on Putting Shareholders First." Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, Issue 107 March,  2003, pp. 1-2.

"Board Compensation," "Institutional Memory," and "Financial Oversight" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 17 - No. 1 Jan/Feb 2003, pp. 17, 19.

"Go Point-by-Point Toward Effective Board Governance" in Achieve! Dreams: Creative Solutions for Nonprofits, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2003, pp. 36-37.

"Boards Should Add Value: But which Value and to Whom?" Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, Issue 106, January 2003, pages 1, 2, 14.

"'One Size Fits All': The Lingering Uninformed Complaint," "What if Board Members 'Just Want to Know' About Some Aspects of Operations?" "Dealing with the Board's First-Order and Second-Order Worries: Borrowing Trouble Effectively," "The Trap of Answering Your CEO's Request for More Guidance," "A New Basis for Governance Effectiveness Research," "What Do the New Federal Governance Requirements for Corporate Audit Committees Mean for the Policy Governance Board?" "Committee Mania Among City Councils," "Board Access to the Internal Auditor," "Why in Policy Governance are Customary Management Words Like Goal, Objective, Procedure, and Strategy Discouraged?"  "Doesn't Policy Governance Require Too Much Confidence in the CEO?" "What is the Role of an Advocacy Group in Effective Governance?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

"The Missing Link in Financial Oversight Reform." Chartered Financial Analyst (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India), Volume VIII, Issue 12, December, 2002, pp. 31-33. Co-authored with Caroline Oliver.

"Boards of Directors Too Often Are Clueless." Atlanta Journal Constitution (op-ed), December 18, 2002, p. A-21.

"Rules Versus Principles: Comments on the Canadian Debate."  Institute of Corporate Directors Newsletter, Issue 105, November 2002, pp. 14-15.

"Contract for Services?" and "Healthy Conflict" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol 16 - No. 6 Nov/Dec 2002, p. 21.

"Crafting a Theory of Governance." Corporate Governance Review (Fairvest - An Institutional Investor Services company, Toronto), Oct.-Nov. 2002, 14 (6), pp. 10-13.

"Teoriya Corporativnogo Upravleniya: Poisk Novogo Balansa Mezhdu Sovetom Directorov i Generalnym Directorom" (A summary).  In Sapir, E. (ed.) Russian Enterprises in the Transitive Economy.  Materials of the International Conference, Yaroslavl: Yaroslavl State University, Vol. 1, October 29-30, 2002, pp. 47-50.

"Board Leadership: From Myth to Reality."  Leader to Leader, No. 26 Fall 2002, pp. 48-55.

"How Boards Are Changing," and "The Best Laid Plans" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol 16 - No. 5 Sept/Oct 2002, pp. 4, 12.

"Title Versus Function: The Policy Governance Definition of a CEO," "What Should Government Funders Require of Nonprofit Governance?"  "Isn't the Hierarchical Nature of Policy Governance Out of Step with Modern Participative Organizational Styles?" "Means, Ends, and Ideals," "Why Should the Board Use Negative Wording About the Staff's Means?"  "Is There A Fundamental Difference Between Governance and Management?"  "Filling Board Vacancies," "Does Policy Governance Prohibit Staff from Talking with Board Members?"  "How Can An Organization's Statements of Vision, Beliefs, Values, and Philosophy be Integrated into Policy Governance policy?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

"Ending Apologetic Recruiting," and "The Successful CEO" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 16 - No. 4 July/August 2002, pp. 4, 8.

"Achieving Transparency," "Staying in Touch with Past Board Members," and "Ill-Prepared Board Members" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 16 - No. 3 May/June 2002, pp. 10, 15.

"Taking Stock of Board Member Skills" and "Before, During & After Meetings" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 16 - No. 2 Mar/Apr 2002, pp. 21, 35.

"Successful Recruiting" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 16 - No. 1 Jan/Feb 2002, pp. 4, 21.

"Weak vs. Strong Boards" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 6 Nov/Dec 2001, p. 18.

"Board Supervision of CEOs" and "Removing Poor Performers" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 5 Sept/Oct 2001, pp. 12-13.

"Staff on the Board?" and "Frustrating Practices" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 4 July/Aug. 2001, pp. 11, 13.

"Board Member Types" and "Agenda Overload" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 3  May/June 2001, pp. 15, 32.

"A New Job Design for Board Leadership."  Cooperative Business Journal, Vol. 15 - No. 4  May 2001, p. 5, 9.

"A New Game Plan For Co-op Boards."  Cooperative Business Journal, Vol. 15 - No. 3  April 2001, p. 4.

"Rethinking Governance Research:  Do Good Boards Produce Effective Organizations?"  Unpublished paper for the University of Georgia Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, April 10, 2001.

"Le mod®le Policy Governance et les organismes sans but lucratif.". Gouvernance Revue Internationale (Canada), Vol. 2 - No. 1, Winter 2001, pp. 30-48.  Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chair." In Focus on Leadership: Servant-Leadership for the Twenty-First Century, Larry C. Spears and Michele Lawrence (eds.). New York: Wiley & Sons, to be published 2001. (An adaptation of speech and monograph of the same name, 1998 and 1999.) 

"A Theory of Governing the Public's Business."  Public Management (Great Britain), Vol. 3 - No. 1 - March 2001, pp. 53-71.

"Ideal Board Meetings" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 2 Mar/Apr 2001, pp. 7, 26.

"Una Teoria De Gobierno Corporativo."  published by the Oficina de la Presidencia para la Innovaci®n Gubernamental, Mexico City, 2001.

"Probing Questions" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 15 - No. 1 Jan/Feb 2001, pp. 8, 10.

"A Public Utilities Board's Executive Limitations Policy," "What a Well-Worded Ends Policy Looks Like,"  "Does Policy Governance Give Too Much Authority to the CEO?"  "Clarifying the Distinction Between Owners and Customers." "Can Things Go Horribly Wrong for Boards That Use Policy Governance?"  "How Can the Board Ensure That CEO Data Are Accurate?"  "How Executive Limitations Policies Can Go Awry," "When the CEO and Board Are Both Elected," "What Use is Business Experience on a Nonprofit or Governmental Board?" "How Can Staff Know That Board Advice is not Actually Veiled Instruction?" Board Leadership: Policy Governance ®in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

"Misguided Bromides for Ailing Boards" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 6 Nov./Dec. 2000, pp. 8, 15.

"Board Member Effectiveness" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 5 Sept./Oct. 2000, pp. 6, 10.

"Is Your Board Invested" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 4 July/August 2000, pp. 4, 6.

"Term Limits" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 3 May/June 2000, pp. 13-15.

"Does Your Board Need Its Own Dedicated Support Staff?" Nonprofit World, Vol. 18 - No. 2 March/April 2000, pp. 6-7.

"Recruiting Flaws" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 2 March/April 2000, pp. 9-10.

"Toward Coherent Governance."  The School Administrator, Vol. 57 - No. 3 March 2000, pp. 6-10.

"Remaking Governance:  The Creator of 'Policy Governance' Challenges School Boards to Change."  American School Board Journal, Vol. 187 - No. 3, March 2000, pp. 26-30.

"Leadership du conseil: 'The Policy Governance Model.'"  Gouvernance Revue Internationale (Canada), Vol. 1 - No. 1 Spring 2000, pp. 100-108.

"Board Evaluation" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 14 - No. 1 Jan./Feb. 2000, pp. 14-16.

"Managing Your Mission," About Campus, Vol. 4 - No. 6 - Jan./Feb. 2000, pp. 19-23.

"The Opportunity for Re-inventing Corporate Governance in Joint Venture Companies," Corporate Governance - An International Review (Great Britain), Vol. 8 - No. 1 - January 2000, pp. 75-80.

"A Staff Ethics Committee Wants Special Access to the Board - What Does the Board Want?" "When Owners and Customers Are the Same People," "AMAROK Policy on Board Committee Structure," "The CEO's Role in Policy Governance" (co-authored with Miriam Carver), "Exercising Appropriate Board Authority in the Service of Mission," "Can Boards Tell CEOs to Stick to Their Own Budgets?", "It's Not the Board's Role to Act as a Management Consultant to the CEO," "Good Governance Is Not About Control - It's About Remote Control," "Policy Governance as a Social Contract," "When Bad Laws Require Bad Governance," "One Board's Policy on Evaluating Its CEO," "John Carver Tightens Up a Board's Ends Policies," "Applying Principles of Policy Governance to Management," "One Organization Carefully Sets Forth What Difference It Wants to Make," "Rethinking the Executive Committee."  Board Leadership: Policy Governance® in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

"Self-Defeating Behaviors" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 6 Nov./Dec. 1999, pp. 12-13.

"Board Abuses" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 5 Sept./Oct. 1999, pp. 8, 10, 14.

"Reinventing Governance." Association Management, Vol. 51 - No. 8 August 1999, pp. 70-77.

"Reinventing Corporate Governance - An Opportunity."  Boardroom, Vol. 7 - No. 4 July 1999, pp. 1, 7.

"Conventional Wisdom That's Wrong," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 4 July/Aug. 1999, pp. 6, 8, 11.

"A Finely Tuned Instrument."  Credit Union Management, Vol. 22 - No. 7 July 1999, p. 54, 56.  Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"Good to Go."  Credit Union Management, Vol. 22 - No. 6 June 1999, p. 47-49.  Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"Who Needs a Board Anyway?" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 3 May/June. 1999, pp. 4, 6.

"Meeting the Challenge: Credit Union Survival Calls for Strong Governance and Strong Management." Credit Union Management, Vol. 22 - No. 4 April 1999, pp. 20-23. Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"Board Development or Nominating Committee?" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 2 Mar./Apr. 1999, pp. 22-23.

"Governing the Community Organisation." Community Management (Australia), Vol. 1 - No. 1 March 1999, pp. 22-23.

"Can a Board Establish Ends Policies Without Identifying Its Owners First?" "Nine Steps to Implementing Policy Governance," "Who Sets the Board Agenda?" "The Summit Pointe Experience," "Living Up to Your Own Expectations," "What Can Boards Do to Ensure That They Are Providing Full Representation of an Organization's Ownership?" "A CEO Wonders How to Organize Functions Under Policy Governance," "Trusteeship Demands Toughness," "Trusteeship Demands Judgment and Wisdom," "The Westark College Board," "Why Only the CEO Can Interpret the Board's Ends and Executive Limitations Policies," Board Leadership: Policy Governance ®in Action [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

"Performance Reviews for Board Members" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 13 - No. 1 Jan./Feb. 1999, pp. 16, 19.

"Are Boards Searching for the Holy Grail?" Association, Vol. 16 - No. 1 Dec. 1998/Jan. 1999, pp. 27-29.

"The Ultimate Test of the Board's Ends Leadership," "If Your Board Isn't Worth the Cost of Competence, It Isn't Worth Much," "Does Your Board Drive Away Its Most Promising Members?" "Leading, Following, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference," "A Board Learns That Proper Policy Categories Aren't Just a Clerical Nicety," "Policy Governance Won't Work Because...," "Why Not Set Your Quorum Requirement at 100 Percent?," "Beware the 'Quality' Fetish," "Is Policy Governance the One Best Way?" "The Consent Agenda and Responsible Rubber-Stamping," "For School Failure, the Buck Doesn't Stop; It Just Fades Away," "Reining In a Runaway Chair," "Group Responsibility - Requisite for Good Governance," "The Mechanics of Direct Inspection Monitoring," "Your Auditor Works for You," "Why is Conceptual Wholeness So Difficult for Boards?" "Thoughts on the Edmonton Catholic School Division's Mission and Ends Statements," "Watch Out for Misleading Interpretations of Governance Research." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

"Board Evaluations" in Boardwise. Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 6 Nov./Dec. 1998, pp. 10-11.

"Give, Get, or Get Off?" in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 5 Sept./Oct. 1998, pp. 8-12.

"Board Committees: Essential & Non-Essential," in Boardwise Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 4 July/August 1998, pp. 20, 35.

"Governing (Not Managing) the Library," in Indiana Libraries, Vol. 17 - No. 1, 1998, pp. 8-10. Co-authored with Miriam Carver.

"Board Drift," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 3 May/June 1998, pp. 6, 15.

"Why Boards Manage Rather Than Govern," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 2 March/April 1998, pp. 20, 22.

"The Secret to Productive Board Meetings," in Boardwise Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 2 March/April 1998, pp. 20, 22.

"Common Barriers," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 12 - No. 1 Jan/Feb. 1998, pp. 8, 11.

"Board & CEO Relations," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 11 - No. 5 September/October 1997, pp. 4, 6.

"Long Range Planning," in Boardwise, Contributions, Vol. 11 - No. 4 July/Aug. 1997, pp. 7, 13.

"Corporate Governance Model From an Unexpected Source - Nonprofits." The Corporate Board, March - April 1997, 18-22.

"If you want it done right, Delegate it!," "What if the Committee Chair Just Wants to Know?," "CEOs! Guiding Your Board Toward Better Governance," "Your Board's Market Surrogate Obligation," "A Board Learns That Its Ambiguous Self-Identity Cannot Be Ignored," "Giving Measurement Its Due in Policy Governance," "Honey, I Shrunk the Policies," "When the Founding Parent Stays on the Board," "What to do When Staff Take Complaints Directly to Board Members," "A Board of a Trade Association Establishes Ends Policies," "What to Do When Your Policies Are All in Place," "All Volunteers Can Be Good Board Members -- Not!" "A Public School Board Establishes Ends Policies," "A City Council Creates Ends Policies," "Boards Should Have Their Own Voice," "A Board Enshrines Policy Governance in Its Bylaws," "What to Do with Your Board's Philosophy, Values, and Beliefs," "Is Policy Governance an All-or-Nothing Choice?" "A Hospital Board Creates Ends Policies." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

"Reinventing the Governance in City Government: The Next Frontier for City Councils." Nation's Cities Weekly, January 27, 1997, 10.

"Policy Governance Model Views Citizens as Owners." Nation's Cities Weekly, January 29, 1996, p. 5.

"Lighting Candles or Cursing the Darkness." Association, Dec 1995/Jan 1996, pp. 14-15.

"Recruiting Leaders: What to Look for in New Board Members," "A Community Board Struggles with the Cost of Its Results," "Boards Should Not be the Final Authority, But the Initial Authority," " From Many Boards to One: Incomplete Merging Confuses Boards and Staff," "When Bad Governance Is Required," "Board Approvals and Monitoring are Very Different Actions", "Putting CEO Evaluation in Perspective," "Do You Really Have a CEO?", "Getting It Right from the Start: The CEO's Job Description," "Your Board's Readiness for CEO Evaluation," "A CEO Self-Evaluation Checklist," "Should Your CEO Be a Board Member?", "Off Limits: What Not to Do in Your CEO Evaluation," "Evaluating Your Evaluating," "How You Can Tell When Your Board Is Not Using Policy Governance," "Families of Boards I: Federations," "Families of Boards II: Holding Companies," "A Holding Company Board Learns That Different Organizational Levels Deserve Different Questions," An Ends-Means Exercise for Your Board," Answers and Comments on the Ends-Means Quiz." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.

"Board Accountability in the Modern Charity." Solicitors' Journal (Great Britain), Spring, 1995.

"Ends and Means: Nurturing the Relationship between a Congregation and its Governing Body." Practice of Ministry in Canada, February 1995, 12 (1), pp. 17-19.

"Pinning Down Board Process and the Role of the Chairperson," "Are You Sure Your Minutes are Really Your Minutes: One Board Learns the Hard Way to Read the Fine Print," "Understanding the Special Board-Ownership Relationship," "Determining Who Your Owners Are," "What to Do if Your Find a Consumer on Your Board," "Connecting with the Ownership," "Policy Governance is Not a 'Hands Off' Model," "Boards Lead Best When Services, Programs, and Curricula are Transparent," "A Good Manager Learns That Governance is Management Upside Down!" "The Misguided Focus on Administrative Cost," "What Happens to Conventional Documents under Policy Governance?" "Competent Boards Can't Have Incompetent CEOs....Not for Long," "Policies 'R' Us," "The CEO's Objectives Are Not Proper Board Business," "Shaping Up Your Bylaws," "Governing in the Shadow of a Founder-CEO," "Who is in Charge: Is Your Organization Too Staff-Driven? Too Volunteer-Driven?" "A Rose is a Rose is a CEO." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

"New Means to an End." Times Educational Supplement (The [London] Times). July 1, 1994, page 6.

Means to an End. An interview of John Carver by Norah McClintock, Canadian Centre for Philanthropy. Front & Centre, July 1994, 1 (4), pp. 3-4.

"Protecting Governance from Law, Funders, and Accreditors," "Is Your Board Having Difficulty Reaching a Quorum?" "Tips for Creating Advisory Boards and Committees," "Making Hierarchy Work: Exercising Appropriate Board Authority in the Service of Mission," "To Tell or Not to Tell: One CEO Learns the Right Way to Inform Her Board," "Keeping a Board Book That Works," "One Board Learns How Polling Moves Meetings Along," "Protecting Board Integrity from the Renegade Board Member," "Nine Steps to Implementing Policy Governance," "The Executive Committee: Turning a Governance Liability into an Asset," "Policy, Not Personality: Ensuring Governance Integrity through a CEO Transition," "One Board Fails to Follow Its Own Monitoring Policy and Courts Fiscal Disaster," "Elected Boards: Meeting Their Special Governance Challenge," "Abstracting Up: Discovering the Big Issues Among the Trivia," "Calculating the Real Costs of Governance," "Beyond Philosophy: The Final Word on Ends vs. Means," "What Do You Want? How to Express Board Concerns in Unmistakable Language," "Reforming Untrustworthy Boards." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

"Fast Track to Accountability." Association, 1994, 11 (3), pp. 25-26.

"To Focus on Shaping the Future, Many Hospital Boards Might Require a Radical Overhaul." Health Management Quarterly, April 1994, 16 (1), pp. 7-10.

"Board Excellence: An Interview with Board Governance Expert John Carver." A staff interview with collaboration by John Carver. Connections. Toronto: KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne, Fall 1993, p. 2.

"Evaluating the Mission Statement," "Raising One Board from the Dead," "Creating an Effective Mission Statement for Your Organization," "Fiduciary Responsibility," "Crafting Policy to Guide Your Organization's Budget," "Crafting Policy to Safeguard Your Organization's Actual Fiscal Condition," "A Simple Matter of Comparison: Monitoring Fiscal Management in Your Organization," "Making Informed Fiscal Policy," "Giving, Getting and Governing: Finding a Place for Fundraising among the Responsibilities of Leadership," "Running Afoul of Governance," "Owning Your Agenda: A Long Term View is the Key to Taking Charge," "Achieving Meaningful Diversity in the Boardroom," "Never Cast in Stone: Flexible Policy Supports Management and Saves Board Time," "Handling Complaints: Using Negative Feedback to Strengthen Board Policy," "When Board Members Act as Staff Advisors," "Delegating Bravely," "When Board Members are the Only Staff in Sight," "Redefining Board Self-Evaluation: The Key to Keeping on Track," "Crafting the Board Job Description," "Planning the Board's Conduct," "Living Up to Your Own Expectations: Implementing Self-Evaluation to Make a Difference in Your Organization." Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

"Governing Community Drug and Alcohol Services." What Works! Innovation in Community Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Programs. Duplessis, G., McCrea, M., Viscoff, C., & Doupe, S. (Eds). Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1993.

"The Founding Parent Syndrome: Governing in the CEO's Shadow." Nonprofit World, 1992, 10 (5), 14-16.

"When Owners are Customers: The Confusion of Dual Board Hats." Nonprofit World, 1992, 10 (4), 11-15.

"Partnership for Public Service: Accountability in the Social Service Delivery System." Written exclusively for the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. Toronto, May 26, 1992.

"Time to Junk the Old Formula for Boards." The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1992, 4 (22), 36-37.

"Boards in an Emerging Third Sector: Seizing the Opportunity for Central Europe NGOs. Unpublished address to the National Forum of Bulgarian Foundations. Sofia, Bulgaria, February 22, 1992.

"First Things First: An Imaginative Exercise for Revitalizing Your Mission," "Girl Scout Council Learns What Kind of Help Counts the Most," "Just How Long Should Board Meetings Be?" "Creating a Single Voice: The Prerequisite to Board Leadership," "Of Homeless Cats and Governance: Distinguishing Customers from Owners," "Controlling the Cost of Staffing Board Committees," "Painful Lessons: Learning from the United Way Misfortune," "The Importance of Trust in the Board-CEO Relationship," "A Few Tips for the Chairperson," "Free Your Board and Staff through Executive Limitations," "One Board Creates Policy and Stops Worrying," "Is Your Board in a Rut? Shake up Your Routine!" Board Leadership: A Bimonthly Workshop with John Carver [articles spread across the 6 bimonthly issues annually]. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

"Toward a Theory of Corporate Governance: Re-Inventing the Board of Directors." Unpublished, 1992.

"Finding Boards a Better Way." An interview by Henry Ernstthal with collaboration by John Carver. Association Management, September 1992, 44 (9), 18-24.

"Redefining the Board's Role in Fiscal Planning." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1991, 2 (2), 177-192.

"Recommendations to the West Virginia Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability." Written exclusively for the West Virginia Legislature, January, 1991.

"The CEO and the Renegade Board Member." Nonprofit World, 1991, 9 (6), 14-17.

"Redeeming the Church Board." Co-authored with Tom Clemow. Unpublished paper, 1990.

"Governing Parks and Recreation: A New Approach." Parks and Recreation, 1990, 25 (11), 54-56.

"Governing Boards Cost Money Too." Nonprofit Times, 1990, 4 (3), 31, 37-38.

"Economic Development and Inter-Board Leadership." Economic Development Review, 1990, 8 (3), 24-28.

"Building an Infrastructure of Governance in Eastern Europe." Unpublished paper, 1990.

"Re-Inventing the Governing Board." Access, 1989, 1 (1), 4-8.

"A Model for Strategic Leadership." Hospital Trustee, 1989, 13 (4), 10-12.

"Vision, Values and the Trivia Trap: Moving Private Industry Councils toward Strategic Leadership." Florida Focus, 1988, 1 (2), 1-5.

"Women on Governing Boards." Unpublished paper, 1985.

"Professional Challenges for an Emerging Community: The Challenge to Nonprofit Governance." Proceedings of the 1984 Conference of the Nonprofit Management Association, San Francisco, June 6-10, 1984.

"Consulting with Boards of Human Service Agencies: Leverage for Organizational Effectiveness." Consultation, 3 (3), 27-34, Summer, 1984.

"Redesigning Governance in the Cities." Florida Municipal Record, 1984, 58, 2-4.

"Leadership through Boards, Councils and Commissions: Creating the Future through Better Governance." Unpublished paper presented at the National Association of Community Leadership Organizations Annual Meeting, September 19, 1983.

"Is America Ready for Self-Governance: The Third Sector." In D. Nachmias and A. Greer, eds., The Crisis of Authority: Citizen Boards and the Governance of Public and Private Agencies. Urban Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1981.

"Toward More Effective Library Boards." Focus on Indiana Libraries, 1981, 35 (7-8), 8-11.

"The Market Surrogate Obligation of Public Sector Boards." Journal of Mental Health Administration, 1981, 8, 42-45.

"Managerial Credentials: The Comfort of Familiar Traps."  Journal of Mental Health Administration, 1981, 8 (1), 6-7.

"Toward a Technology of Governance." Unpublished paper, 1980.

"Mental Health Administration: A Management Perversion." Unpublished address to Association of Mental Health Administrators, New Orleans, 1979.

"Profitability: Useful Fiction for Nonprofit Enterprise." Administration in Mental Health, 7 (1), 3-20, Fall, 1979.

"'See Through' Government: View From The Top Not Clear." Indiana State Employees Association News, 1979, 15 (3), 6.

"Community Participation: Myths, Mistakes and Thoughts on How to Turn it Around." Address presented to the National Council of Community Mental Health Centers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1979.

"Community Mental Health: A Laboratory for Governance." Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 7, January, 1979, 90-91.

"The Director's Employment Contract as a Tool for Improved Governance." Journal of Mental Health Administration, 1977, 6 (1), 14-25.

Testimony on Community Mental Health Centers Act Oversight Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment, May 9, 1973, Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States House of Representatives.

"Primary Prevention."  Mental Hygiene, 1973.

"Emotional Development and the Schools."  United States Office of Education, 1971.

Testimony on Community Mental Health Centers Act Extension before the Subcommittee on Public Welfare, November 19, 1969, Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States House of Representatives.  U.S. Government Printing Office, Serial 91-35, 1970, 148-162.

"Mental Health Consultation and Inertia."  Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 33-36.

"Implications for Training Mental Health Consultants."  Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 20-21.

"The Time-Limited Mental Health Program."  Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 17-20.

"Supply and Demand: Economics of the Manpower Problem." Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 13-16.

"Manpower Shortage: Expiation or Excuse." Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 9-13.

"Prevention and Beyond."  Mind over Matter, December 1969, 14 (4), 5-9.

See also: Bibliographies - Miriam Carver