CONTINUALLY IMPROVING GOVERNANCE

What can governance do to ensure the continual improvement of organiza tional performance? This article explores this question, with particul ar emphasis on two central considerations. First, what constitutes goo d governance? Second, what are the sources of and opportunities for le veraging performance available to governance? We argue that focusing o n strategy, evaluating performance, and developing the means to learn are the key venues available to governance for leveraging its own and organizational performance.