JoAnn McNutt

Board Culture, Board Meetings

Deliberate Decision-making and the Effective Board

High performing boards learn how to make decisions at the right time using the right processes.

Board Structure, Board Infrastructure

Is It Time to Refresh Your Bylaws?

Up-to-date, clearly written and concisely constructed bylaws can support oversight of current performance and enable an organization to nimbly confront challenges to its viability.

Governance Effectiveness

Supporting High-Performing Boards: Dedicated Governance Leadership

Addresses how to determine the level of governance leadership your organization needs to build and sustain high-performing boards.

Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Workforce

Board support: Is it time for dedicated governance leadership?

Trustee talking points

• As hospitals and health systems grow increasingly complex, they are increasingly creating dedicated support staff for their boards.
• Full-time governance leaders can devote themselves to serving and advancing board work and a governance program.
• There is no one-size-fits-all approach to the numbers, responsibilities and titles of governance support staff and leaders.
• A governance leader's qualifications should include interpersonal skills, the appropriate education and a desire to stay on top of the health care field.

Board Support, Board Infrastructure

Supporting High-Performing Boards: Is It Time for Dedicated Governance Leadership?

Some 66 percent of U.S. hospitals are now part of health systems, according to 2016 survey data from the American Hospital Association. As systems continue to grow in scope and complexity, their governance often follows suit.