Publications

Mission-Driven Governance, by Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana, & Edward Martenson

From Sanford Social Innovation Review

 

The prevailing governance model is fundamentally adversarial.... The authors propose a new and more effective framework, one where board members and executives work together to advance the organization's mission.  

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Success in Small Business Is a Laughing Matter

Phil Johnston's book, Success In Small Business Is A Laughing Matter provides a valuable resource for every pastor, counselor, and religious leader to better understand the mind and challenges facing business leaders today. His great wealth of knowledge, experience, and uncommon skill with words provide the reader with ways and means of inspiring, leading, and serving today's business community in America. I believe that my fellow servant leaders will find this book to be invaluable as they glean new information about the world in which their business leaders operate every single day.

Strategic Corporate Board Minutes

Minutes provide a complete record of board proceedings. Corporate governance “best practices” encourages prompt recordation of minutes, which should be prepared and forwarded to the board...

The Capstone

Visualize a corporation as an arch that requires a capstone at its apex to support the weight of expectations placed upon it. Director accountability is that capstone in the arch of corporate governance..