Articles
Board Culture
Building the Board Chair-CEO Partnership
The board chair-CEO pairs who reported having the most positive working relationships were intentional about how and when they communicated with each other, the board, committees and key executives.
Board Responsibilities
Understanding the Board of Trustees’ Role
Many organizations, including the American Hospital Association, offer resources and publications on corporate governance.
Board Composition and Selection, Transforming Governance
Using Technology to Enhance Board Education
Ongoing board education that includes newer modalities and technologies will increase board engagement and improve governance.
Board Composition and Selection
Is Trustee Emeritus Status Outdated?
Is granting an outgoing trustee ‘emeritus status’ a thing of the past?
Board Structure
Emerging Committee Effectiveness Practices
The best boards revisit their committee structures, responsibilities and information flow to ensure detailed oversight while devoting more time to strategic and policy issues.
Governance Effectiveness
Coaching: A Critical Tool for Board Chair Development
Making coaching available to an incoming board chair can build the chair's capacity to lead the board effectively.
Board Responsibilities, Fiduciary Duties
Fiduciary Duties, Conflicts of Interest and Independence Refresher
These are exciting and challenging times for board members of not-for-profit health care organizations. The main driver of this state of affairs is a field-wide transformation that promises to result in better quality, higher value, and population health improvement. Most board members see this as a positive move for their organization and community, since their missions often speak to the need to improve the health of the communities they serve.
Board Structure
Committees: The Key to Generative Governance
High-performing boards across the country have made great strides in enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency.
Governance Effectiveness
Trustee reappointment
When hospital or health system boards think about key practices that support effective governance, considerations such as board recruitment and selection, orientation and continuing education, and board evaluation often come to mind. Rarely, it seems, does board member reappointment make the list.
Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning
Improved joint venture performance through enhanced governance
Joint ventures in healthcare are more diverse and complex, involving partnerships with pharma, medical device companies, and research organizations.