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Better Board Meetings
Trustee Articles
What if the typical hospital board meeting — multiple hours spent on endless pages of financial data, slide after slide of bullet points and little time left for meaningful discussion — could be more engaging and less time-consuming? With some planning and practice, boards and senior executives can make this happen.
Best Practices for Executive Sessions Without CEOs
Executive sessions give board members the chance to talk privately to address sensitive and confidential issues, promote robust discussion and build trust.
Best Governance Practices: Not Just for Goliaths
Trustee Articles
Today’s hospital leaders know their trustees must be more adaptable, connected and knowledgeable about the changing health care landscape than any of their predecessors. But do they believe their volunteer community board is truly capable of stepping up to current field challenges?
The Baldrige Influence on Governance Excellence
Trustee Articles
Guided by their organization’s mission, vision and values, trustees must govern with their eye on the future, the well-being of patients, and the health of their communities.
Avoiding Groupthink in the Boardroom
In today’s environment it is particularly important for boards to take the time to discuss difficult issues, challenge assumptions and refuse to rely on groupthink when confronting strategic opportunities, financial challenges and quality oversight. To do this effectively, trust, candor, differing points of view and self-reflection are essential — assets no board can do without.
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.
Assessing the 'Fit': Using Competencies to Select New Board Members
Trustee Articles
Bringing new members onto the board has its challenges. In small or rural communities, the pool of potential trustees is often limited, with desirable candidates already serving on multiple boards. Even in bigger urban areas, it sometimes seems the same people rotate on and off the boards of larger community organizations — the Rotary Club, the chamber of commerce, the hospital.
Assessing the Engagement and Effectiveness of Boards
Conducting a board assessment is one of the most important actions that a board can take to evaluate and better understand trustee engagement and leadership effectiveness.
Asking Incisive Questions
Trustee Articles
Deeply held beliefs can blind boards to the true nature of change. It’s time to challenge the orthodoxies. In the early 2000s, the Nokia board debated creating a smartphone. The company’s wireless handset was the global best seller. Management believed consumers would not use a touch screen on a handset.
Asking the Edgy Questions About the Future
Trustee Articles
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 active, thoughtful exchanges about their desired delivery system of the future.