The Institute has not established an advisory council and has appointed no one to it. This page exists to make a distinction clear, so that a future council is not mistaken for a body that governs the discipline.
Status
No advisory council has been established and no one has been appointed to it.
How a council would differ from the governing bodies
The Institute's governance will be carried out by three bodies being established: a Standards Board, a Credentialing Board, and an Independent Review Panel. An advisory council, if the Institute forms one, would advise. It would not revise the LCABOK™, decide a credential, decide whether a work is aligned, or hear a concern, and its members would not hold seats on those bodies by virtue of belonging to it.
What will be published if a council is formed
Its members, the reason each was chosen, its mandate, the interests each member has disclosed, and how long each serves.
About the Institute
The Institute exists to maintain the discipline's standards and keep its functions apart.
The Institute has no institutional partner today and names none. A partnership is an agreement with another organization to carry out defined work together, and the Institute treats it as something that must be disclosed and kept separate from its decisions.
Status
No institutional partner has been named.
Terms of a partnership
A partnership would be public, with the partner named only if they agree to be named. It would state what the partners do together, what each contributes, and whether money passes between them. It would give the partner no influence over the LCABOK™, over any credential decision, or over any finding about the alignment of a work, and it would not be described as an endorsement of either party by the other.
Conflicts of interest
A partner that stands to gain from a decision of the Institute, such as a training provider or a publisher seeking an alignment review, is subject to the conflict rules of the Institute's governance, and the Institute would disclose the relationship wherever it is relevant.
About the Institute
The Institute exists to maintain the discipline's standards and keep its functions apart.
The Institute has no open roles at present. When it opens, the role will be described here, including its responsibilities, location (or whether it is remote), how to apply, and how the Institute handles applicants' information.
Status
There are no open roles at present.
The Institute does not ask for unsolicited applications, and a message sent through the contact page about work is not an application. The Institute will not use this page to invite people to work without pay.
About the Institute
The Institute exists to maintain the discipline's standards and keep its functions apart.
This is a first draft of the charter that Appendix E of the LCABOK™ says the Institute must maintain. It establishes three governance bodies, sets the founder's role, and provides an interim arrangement until the bodies are seated. No body exists yet, so nothing in this charter is in effect.
Status
This charter is a draft. It is not in effect. No governing body has been seated, and the Institute continues to say that governance is being established. The charter must be reviewed by counsel and adopted by the Institute's formal governing authority before it takes effect.
Article 1
Purpose and authority
This charter sets out how the Leadership Character Architecture Institute governs the Leadership Character Architecture discipline and keeps its several functions apart. It is the governance charter referred to in Appendix E of the LCABOK™. The charter establishes three bodies: a Standards Board, a Credentialing Board, and an Independent Review Panel. Each body has a defined function, and no body may exercise the function of another.
Article 2
The Standards Board
The Standards Board is responsible for the LCABOK™: its content, its revision, and its integrity. It decides whether a proposed revision meets the evidence standard, whether the revision process was followed, and whether the revised text is consistent with the discipline's foundations. It does not decide credentials, alignment findings, or conduct matters. The founder holds a seat on the Standards Board and recuses from any decision in which the founder has a material interest.
Article 3
The Credentialing Board
The Credentialing Board is responsible for credential decisions: applications, examinations, renewals, and suspensions or withdrawals on grounds other than conduct. It decides whether a candidate has met the competency model. The founder does not sit on the Credentialing Board.
Article 4
The Independent Review Panel
The Independent Review Panel is responsible for alignment reviews, conduct investigations, and appeals. It reviews whether a work is aligned with the LCABOK™, investigates alleged violations of the code of professional conduct, and hears appeals from decisions of the Credentialing Board and from conduct sanctions. The founder does not sit on the Independent Review Panel.
Article 5
Conflicts of interest
A member of any body who has a material interest in a matter before that body discloses the interest and recuses from the decision. A material interest includes a financial interest, a relational interest, and an interest arising from responsibility for the work under review. The body records the disclosure and the recusal.
Article 6
Disclosure and transparency
The Institute publishes the composition of each body, the term of each member, the interests each member has disclosed, and the operating procedures of each body. It publishes the outcome of each alignment review, each credential decision (in aggregate), and each conduct sanction that results in a suspension or withdrawal.
Article 7
The founder's role
The founder holds a seat on the Standards Board with recusal as described in Article 2. The founder does not sit on the Credentialing Board or the Independent Review Panel. Works by the founder or published by the Institute are subject to alignment review by the Independent Review Panel, which the founder does not sit on. The founder may not instruct any body on the outcome of a decision.
Article 8
Interim arrangement
Until the Standards Board is seated, the founder exercises the functions of the Standards Board with the same recusal obligations. Until the Credentialing Board is seated, no credential is issued. Until the Independent Review Panel is seated, no alignment review is completed and no conduct sanction is imposed. The interim arrangement ends when each body is seated, and the body then assumes its functions. The interim arrangement has a sunset: if a body is not seated within the period set in the figures table, the Institute publishes a statement explaining why and setting a new date.
Figures (proposed)
The figures below are proposals. Each may be changed before the charter is adopted. They are collected here so that all variable numbers can be reviewed and changed in one place.
Standards Board membersFive to seven
Credentialing Board membersThree to five
Independent Review Panel membersThree to five
Term lengthThree years, renewable once
Notice period for meetingsFourteen days
Interim arrangement sunsetThree years from the date the charter is adopted
About the Institute
The Institute exists to maintain the discipline's standards and keep its functions apart.
