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High-performance succession planning

One thing that we all know is certain is change. Hospitals and health systems are adapting delivery models and strategies to remain viable for their communities.

Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Succession Planning

The health care industry faces a combination of challenges that will affect every hospital and health system.

The Foundation Board Planning Journey

Trustee Articles
As the foundation board considers the creation of a strategic plan to guide the health care foundation, there are several priorities and moving pieces to consider across the strategic planning journey.

Is Strategic Planning Getting Adequate Attention in Hospital Boards?

Trustee Articles
As strategic planning becomes a more intense focus for hospital boards, lessons from publicly traded companies may be instructive.

Becoming a First-Rate Board

Trustee Articles
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

Trustee Articles
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.”

CEO succession as a strategic imperative

A health care organization’s strategic planning involves the board in a number of important activities. But how many boards have considered CEO succession planning to be one of them?

Competency-Based Succession Planning

Trustee Articles
Even before the Enron scandal, which featured directors who didn’t understand the company’s complex financial transactions, and before the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act required publicly owned corporations to disclose whether their boards include directors with financial expertise, it should have been self‐evident that relevant knowledge and experience are prerequisites for effective governance.  

Deliberate Decision-making and the Effective Board

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

Capital Project Success Depends on Strong Board Oversight

Trustee Articles
In 2003, Princeton HealthCare System initiated a highly participative and comprehensive long-range strategic planning process. Among the participants were trustees, donors, physicians, elected officials, influential community members, and patients and their families, as well as administrators and clinical and service staff members.