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Profile of a board member
Author(s) -
Engle Steve,
Andrews Jerome
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
board leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1542-7862
pISSN - 1061-4249
DOI - 10.1002/bl.38619994605
Subject(s) - corporate governance , on board , editorial board , quality (philosophy) , order (exchange) , accounting , political science , management , public relations , business , engineering , computer science , economics , library science , finance , philosophy , epistemology , aerospace engineering
Steve Engle and Jerome Andrews of the Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA) present here a profile they devised to instruct their board's nominating committee when seeking new members. In commenting on their purpose in developing this profile, Engle and Andrews observed, “Board members are trustees for the membership and consequently must bear initial responsibility for the integrity of governance. The board is responsible for its own development, its own job design, its own discipline, and its own performance”. Further, they said, and the board agreed, that “in order to recruit quality members to the ALOA board of directors, the board should be sure to let candidates know before they come on the board that the system used is Policy Governance. We must let our prospective new members know how the board sees the job of governance. They can then make an informed choice about their willingness to serve”.