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When is the right time to take on a leadership role? Will you ever feel ready? When Franca Gucciardi accepted her first CEO position at the Loran Scholars Foundation, she quickly realized the immense task ahead of her and contacted her mentor, Alan Broadbent. What followed was a series of conversations, and a process of learning to ask (and then answer!) the right questions. You’re It! is a mentorship in book form, the collected wisdom of Alan Broadbent and Franca Gucciardi, two experienced CEOs. This practical and accessible guide to leading an organization is everything you wanted to know about being a CEO but were afraid to ask. Once you become CEO, the success or failure of your organization is all up to you: You’re It!

There are lots of books and articles on governance in general, fewer focused on the Policy Governance model originally developed by John Carver. Those focused on Policy Governance provide a wealth of general and specific information for boards wishing to become more effective as well as providing methods and options for transforming their governance. This book provides readers with the knowledge to create effective governance using Policy Governance as a useful framework. The book also intends to inspire non-Policy Governance board members to understand the foundations of good governance. The goal of this book is to bring those interested in and practicing Policy Governance to a level of expertise such that their governance is self-sustaining through learning deeply about the principles, their implications, and their impact as a synergistic set. In the best case, boards will no longer just understand this model as a system; they will understand and apply it because these principles are integral to their culture.