Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3357:15-1-02 | Governing style.

                                                
(A) The board will govern with a style
		  that emphasizes outward vision rather than an internal preoccupation,
		  encouragement of diversity in viewpoints, strategic leadership rather than
		  administrative detail, clear distinction of board and presidential roles,
		  collective rather than individual decisions, future rather than past or
		  present, and proactivity rather than reactivity.
(B) More specifically, the board
		  will:
(1) Operate in all ways
			 mindful of its trusteeship obligation to the public. It will allow no officer,
			 individual, trustee or committee of the board to prevent its fulfilling this
			 commitment.
(2) Discipline is needed
			 to govern with excellence. Discipline will apply to matters such as attendance,
			 policy- making principles, respect of roles, speaking with one voice, and
			 ensuring the continuity of governance capability. The board, not the staff,
			 will be responsible for excellence in governance.
(3) Direct, control and
			 inspire the organization through the careful establishment of the broadest
			 organizational policies reflecting the board's values and perspectives.
			 The board's major focus will be on the intended long-term impact outside
			 the operating organization ("Ends"), not on the administrative or
			 programmatic means of attaining those effects ("Means").
(4) Cultivate a sense of
			 group responsibility. The board will be an initiator of policy, not merely a
			 reactor to staff initiatives. The board will use the expertise of individual
			 trustees to enhance the work of the board as a body, rather than to substitute
			 their individual judgments for those of the board as a whole.
(5) Monitor and discuss
			 the board's process and performance regularly. Self-monitoring will
			 include comparison of board activity and discipline to policies in the
			 governance process and board-staff relationship categories. Continual
			 development will include orientation of new members in the board's
			 governance process and periodic board discussion of process
			 improvement.
(6) Seek input from
			 various sources including faculty, staff, students, alumni, employers, and
			 other community members on board policies on "Ends."
(7) Make decisions, to
			 the extent possible, on a consensus basis.


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