Board Meetings
Board MeetingsMaking Executive Sessions WorkA four-part executive session meeting model can lead to effective governanceBy Jamie OrlikoffA strong and strategic partnership between the CEO and the board is a key to effective leadership for sustainable organizational success.
As this grid suggests, good governance decision-making, when supported by a variety of board practices and tools, strengthens the board as a whole and its capacity to govern well.
High performing boards learn how to make decisions at the right time using the right processes.
Webinar: A board only exists when it is meeting. This means that the single most precious commodity that a board possesses is its time together. The best boards consciously strive to use their meeting time efficiently and effectively.
Checklists
A Trustee Checklist to Address Time Challenges
As health care organizations face a number of emerging challenges, the compensation committee of the not-for-profit hospital and health system board is well served to review and update the executive compensation program periodically.
Staying forward-focused as a trustee requires a combination of time management, prioritization and preventive efforts.
Webinar: The first thing any effective board or leadership group does is decide how it will make decisions. Further, effective boards develop different, clearly defined processes to make decisions of different magnitudes. Yet, many boards have never had an explicit conversation about or developed…
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Board Meetings: How to Drive Effective Board Dynamics
The format of a board agenda can either drive effective strategic discussion or can stifle it. Presbyterian Health Plan (PHP) in Albuquerque, NM, put together an ad hoc committee that redesigned its board meetings to allow more time…
Seven techniques can help support and strengthen your board's decision-making processes.
The AHA’s report on Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future is not intended to be one of those think tank documents that’s quickly forgotten when the next hot idea comes along. The report, which the AHA will update periodically to reflect changing conditions, is designed to help leaders engage in…