Govern for Impact is dedicated to building a world where boards lead the organization to achieving clear purpose and critical outcomes in an ethical, inclusive, prudent, just, and risk-aware manner. 

Welcome and Why Join Govern

If you believe that having highly functioning governance and board leadership are key to creating the future you want to see, you've come to the right place. Govern for Impact is a for-impact community of practitioners, researchers, consultants, and academics acting for public benefit - promoting and developing the governance excellence that the world so sorely needs. We invite you to join as a contact or an affiliate to work with the governance community to challenge the concept of traditional transactional governance and to build more impactful governance through the dynamic application of a flexible system of governance excellence principles inspired by Policy Governance®. 

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Govern for Impact's Outward Facing Vision

Driven by the belief in our human potential to address pressing societal challenges, Govern For Impact sees excellence in organizational board governance across all sectors as essential to bringing about a better future for all. Businesses, nonprofits or NGOs, and governmental entities embody the values of individuals and communities they serve or represent, be they financial, moral, religious or social. As such, we entrust governing boards to champion and safeguard the wellbeing of our shared world, locally and globally.

 

For organizations to enhance people’s lives and society as a whole, their boards must operate responsibly, ethically, and with a clear commitment to the greater good. It is paramount that governing bodies be fully accountable to the individuals and communities on whose behalf they govern. Boards must adhere to standards of integrity and excellence, pursue a higher purpose, and embrace diverse opinions while ultimately speaking in one voice. Within this system of values, when boards properly delegate authority to their executive officers and govern risk judiciously, they enable optimal organizational performance, innovation and resilience. OUTWARD-FACING VISION Informed by principles of the Policy Governance® model, Govern For Impact will work to define excellence in governance through deeper understanding of integrated governance systems. We will mobilize and support a global community of learning and practice in the field, examine and disseminate principled, owner-accountable board governance systems and advocate for their adoption and evolution.

 

Through the efforts of Govern For Impact, boards of all types will be inspired to govern with excellence, helping to create thriving organizations and communities in service to our common humanity.

 

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What is Policy Governance®?

Policy Governance® is a systematic approach to governance based on a series of integrated governing principles. It is designed to support organizations to efficiently and effectively achieve defined impact or outcomes (Ends) for specific beneficiaries at a specific value or worth in an ethical, prudent, just, and risk-aware manner. 

Policy Governance® is an internationally registered service mark of John Carver. Registration is only to ensure accurate description of the model rather than for financial gain. The model is available free to all with no royalties or license fees for its use.

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Why Invest in the Future of Effective Governance - Your Generosity Fuels the Future

Govern for Impact is in the early days of our efforts to encourage a culture of generosity to fund ambitious future plans and impact. We are pleased to share that things are definitely moving in the right direction. From the generous contributions of individuals, to receiving our first grant monies, our invitations to financially support the good work of Govern for Impact are being well received. We invite you to join us in this culture of generosity to both contribute and to shape the areas of key investment in this governance excellence development work.

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