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How to Maximize Board Retreat Success

The measure of board retreat success can be summed up in one simple statement: “That was a good use of my time.” Developing retreats that leverage leadership time and resources

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 Pathway Back to the Board Room

With careful assessment, health care boards may consider a return to the board room in 2021.

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.

Are hospital boards paying enough attention to strategic planning?

In the 2017-2018 Public Company Governance Survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors, 600 directors of publicly traded companies we

Today's Provider-Sponsored Health Plans: What Boards Need to Know

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With the recent rounds of health insurance company merger and acquisition activity, many hospital executives and their boards may be wondering if a provider-owned plan might make sense for them.

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.”

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

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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

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