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Sample Guidelines for Director Selection
Trustee Articles
The following is intended to be an example that boards should adapt to meet their individual needs. Effective governance depends on the right mixture of skills, experience, personal qualities and diversity among the members of the hospital board.
Six Ways a Trustee Can Help Create an Ideal Culture
Trustee Articles
What is the board’s role in shaping culture? Several health care leaders offer advice that reflects the diversity of their experiences.
AHA 2019 National Health Care Governance Survey Report
Trustee Articles
Latest findings point to several positive trends and opportunities for improving governance structures, practices and performance. The report includes expert commentary and discussion questions for board reflection.
Governance Committee Charter
Board and Committee Charters
Overall Roles and Responsibilities -The Governance Committee provides for the board’s effectiveness and continuing development.
Sample Director Recruitment and Selection Process
Trustee Articles
From a Community Multi-Site Hospital with a Diverse Community
Note: the following is intended to be an example that boards should adapt to meet their individual needs.
Making the Business Case for Equitable Health Care
Health care transformation calls for engaging hospitals, trustees and communities to ensure that all patients receive high-quality care.
A new model for equity of care
Increasing diversity in health care leadership and eliminating care disparities are critical to ensuring high-quality care for all.
Bringing Competencies into Governance: Systems Helping Systems
Trustee Articles
As health care organizations become more complex and diverse, their governance requires individuals with a range of knowledge, skills and behaviors that can address the needs and challenges of these evolving enterprises. As their organizations mature, effective boards update how their members are selected, often moving away from informal, relationship based board composition to a more intentional, competency-based process.
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.
Committees: The Key to Generative Governance
Trustee Articles
High-performing boards across the country have made great strides in enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency.