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List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables? xiii
Foreword Richard Chait xvii
Preface xxi
Chapter 1 The Governance as Leadership Model 1
Premises 2
Underlying Assumptions 2
Governance Reform 3
The Three Modes or Mental Maps 4
Why Three Modes? 14
Chapter 2 Getting Started and Gaining Traction with Governance as Leadership 21
What Is Optimized at Board Meetings? 22
What Is Different about Generative Governance? 22
Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Beginning the Conversation 23
Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Getting Started 26
Moving to Higher Purpose and Optimizing Performance: Getting Traction 33
Chapter 3 Encouraging Critical Thinking in the Boardroom 47
Critical Thinking and Metacognition 48
Getting on the Balcony 50
Ways of Thinking 51
Impediments to Critical Thinking 54
Cognitive Biases and Board Workarounds 62
Social Loafing 70
Groupthink 71
Avoiding Groupthink and Its Close Cousins 77
Chapter 4 Turning Your Board into a High-Performing Team 85
Social Systems 86
Groups and Teams 87
Boards as Teams 89
Effective Board Teams in the Context of Governance as Leadership 91
Chapter 5 Creating a Governance-as-Leadership Culture 125
Culture 126
Three Toxic Cultures 128
Culture Change 131
Culture Conducive to Governance as Leadership 132
Tools to Support a "Governance as Leadership-Friendly" Culture 143
Chapter 6 What Governance as Leadership Requires of Leaders 169
Leadership 170
Chapter 7 Measuring and Sustaining Governance as Leadership 187
Measuring Board Performance 188
Sustaining Governance as Leadership 211
Epilogue 215
References 217
Acknowledgments 221
The Author 227
Boardsource 229
Index 231
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