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Engaging Boards in Disruptive Innovation

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Hospitals and systems must understand the threats posed by market disruptors and craft specific strategies to protect their missions.

Creating the Right Boardroom Conversations

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Establishing well-organized and consistent governance processes and procedures enables the board to be most productive, and ensures that its time is allocated to the most critical topics.

Future-ready Boards

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Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member

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The role of the board is to govern, not manage, the organization. To that end, the board carries out four roles.

Taking Responsibility for Transitions at the Top

Succession planning is a high-stakes governance responsibility. The significant costs of protracted CEO searches and failed replacements are well-documented. Yet, data from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors continue to show that many boards aren’t focusing enough attention on succession planning or on getting it right.

Health Care Governance in Changing Times

To navigate the choppy waters ahead, hospital and health system boards need to develop a plan to reengage all trustees and renew CEO and board leadership collaboration.

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.

Preserving the Distinction Between Management and Governance

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Clarifying accountabilities between management and governance is essential for high performance. Discover best-practice governance principles in this article.