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30 Questions to Support Board Improvement
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Most boards use an annual self-assessment tool delivered in a paper or online format to support this process. Such tools are readily available from a variety of professional associations, consulting firms and other resources.
Board Portals: Are They Improving Governance Effectiveness?
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While most health care governing boards may still rely on paper packets and board agenda books for board and committee meetings, adoption of board portals— Web-based, online workspaces that support health care governance—appears to be catching up with use in other sectors.
Board Quality and Safety Committee Orientation: Sample Agenda
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How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.
Board Oversight of Culture for High-Performing Hospitals
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An external review of workplace operations produces a Leadership Letter with observations and recommendations for continuous improvement, followed by open discussion among the board, CEO and top management.
Board Competence Framework: Know Your Strengths
Although various studies show that boards with a more diverse membership offer a greater array of unique solutions and strategies, and typically outpace those with a less diverse body in regard to organizational growth, profitability and sustainability, reports continue to highlight that hospital boards are slow in meeting their diversity goals.
Coaching: A Critical Tool for Board Chair Development
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Making coaching available to an incoming board chair can build the chair's capacity to lead the board effectively.
Board Committee Orientation: Deepening Competence to Drive Performance
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How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.
Assessment for a Board’s Readiness for the Future
Use this self-assessment to evaluate your board’s readiness to recruit and develop the next generation of board members and leadership.
Becoming a First-Rate Board
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Fulfilling duties includes actively engaging in practices that promote good governance. A review of best practices enables the board to reflect on opportunities for improvement.
Active Board Succession
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A decade ago, BoardSource, an organization supporting nonprofit boards, developed a well known list of aspirational principles of governance. For us they still ring true: “mission driven,” “ethos of transparency,” “compliance with integrity.”