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30 Questions to Support Board Improvement

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Most boards use an annual self-assessment tool delivered in a paper or online format to support this process. Such tools are readily available from a variety of professional associations, consulting firms and other resources.

Board Competence Framework: Know Your Strengths

Although various studies show that boards with a more diverse membership offer a greater array of unique solutions and strategies, and typically outpace those with a less diverse body in regard to organizational growth, profitability and sustainability, reports continue to highlight that hospital boards are slow in meeting their diversity goals.

Coaching: A Critical Tool for Board Chair Development

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Making coaching available to an incoming board chair can build the chair's capacity to lead the board effectively.

Board Committee Orientation: Deepening Competence to Drive Performance

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How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.

From Board to Bedside: Experiencing Patient Safety Culture Firsthand

Orienting the board of trustees on quality and patient safety is an essential aspect of the Culture of Safety.
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Assessment for a Board’s Readiness for the Future

Use this self-assessment to evaluate your board’s readiness to recruit and develop the next generation of board members and leadership.

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.

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.”

Asset Stewardship and the Board's 3 for Understanding and Improving Operational Efficiency

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Asset stewardship has long been a key board responsibility. As fiduciaries of a health care organization’s assets, governing boards are required to act in the best interest of the organization, ensuring that resources are used in a reasonable, appropriate and legally accountable way to meet community health care needs.

5 Steps to Move from “Yes Boards” to “Best Boards”

One of the strongest predictors of health system performance is the quality of governance that shapes its response in an unstable environment.