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Board and Management Roles in Strategic Planning
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Most boards and governance experts say boards should be meaningfully involved in shaping and ultimately approving the strategic plan and major decisions—but if they try to develop plans, they’re bordering on management. The tricky part is distinguishing meaningful involvement from development.
The Foundation Board's Role in Strategic Planning
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Setting strategic direction is a basic governance role of the foundation board. The board is responsible for determining the mission, vision and values that are the bedrock of the organization’s strategic framework. The board represents stakeholder interests, so it serves a valuable role in sharing community perspectives and expectations to guide planning. The board must ensure the organization’s goals position it to fulfill the organizational mission and to advance its vision.
Is It Time to Refresh Your Bylaws?
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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.
How to Put Your Strategic Plan to Work
The board’s foremost responsibility is to own the organization’s mission and vision and ensure a consistent focus on the strategic path to achieve them.
Five Overlooked Strategic Planning Considerations
Snapshot Some of the most pressing strategic issues in health care — long-term care integration, prices, medical necessity, new sources of income and leadership skills — call f
Is Strategic Planning Getting Adequate Attention in Hospital Boards?
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As strategic planning becomes a more intense focus for hospital boards, lessons from publicly traded companies may be instructive.
The Ever-important Role of Hospital Community Boards
Community governance is more critical today than ever before considering recent, often fast-moving trends and changes in the U.S. health care market. Nonprofit hospitals and health systems that double down on strong community governance not only have increased likelihood of staying true to their mission, but also have distinct strategic advantages over those that do not.