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Role of Board Leaders in Engagement and Development
WEBINARThis webinar is geared towards chairs, chair elects or people that are in line to be a chair or a leader of their boards. Effective board me
Philanthropy as a High-Return Revenue Source
By illuminating the impact of philanthropy, hospitals reinforce their identity as mission-driven organizations that exist to serve — not profit from — their communities.
Board chair coaching process
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A good coach focuses on what the board chair wants to accomplish and designs a coaching process based on how the board chair experiences the role; on assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses; and on identifying and addressing blind spots. Each coaching process should be customized to meet the board chair’s individual needs and goals.
Board Compensation: The Emerging New Normal
The AHA triennial survey of health care boards reveals the exponential growth in the number of boards that provide cash compensation to their members.
Selecting & Preparing a Chair Elect
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Despite the importance of the role, many boards do not give selection and preparation of the board chair the attention they should. In a recent survey by The Governance Institute, 64% of boards said they had established an explicit process for selection of the board chair but these processes often are little more than a thoughtful conversation among the executive or governance committee about the next chair.
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.
New Approaches to Board Chair Effectiveness
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Over the past decade, we have learned much about board effectiveness. A growing body of research has systematically confirmed the intuitive link between board and organizational performance: higher-performing boards are associated with higher-performing organizations.
Board Practices that Separate the Best from the Rest
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The AHA’s 2011 Governance Survey shows that good governance practices continue to take hold among hospitals and health systems. Driven by powerful economic pressures and stringent legal requirements to be visionary, strategic, diligent and independent, boards are applying various “good governance” practices, including competency-based succession planning, board orientation and education, routine executive sessions, CEO retention planning, and board self-evaluation.