Articles
Governance Effectiveness, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning
Active board succession
By James Gauss
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.”
Governance Effectiveness, Rural issues, Strategic Planning
How Rural Trustees Can Meet Health Care Changes
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
- The institutions guided by rural hospital trustees face growing pressures on multiple fronts, including reimbursement changes tied to value-based payments, raising concerns about health care access in rural communities.
- These pressures are forcing greater demands on trustees, who must make ever more complex decisions about service lines and whether or not to affiliate with larger health s
Governing in the Digital Age
By James Gauss
Most boards I know were built by recruiting business leaders, physicians and clergy, and it's important to have broad community representation among trustees. Increasingly, however, boards are recruiting new members by using a skills-based approach aligned with the organization’s strategic needs, including the need for information technology expertise. This is where “digital directors” come in.