Enhancing Communication Between the Board and Management Chances are that you’ve heard the advice many times before: “a key to any relationship is good communication.” In a hospital or health system, the relationship between the board and management is no exception....
Is It Time to Update Your Governance Authorities Matrix? The single most frequent governance question I am asked by health system leaders is “how can we help our board members better understand their roles and responsibilities?” According to The Governance Institute’s...
Supporting Transformation: Clarifying the Roles of Governance and Management › Download the full PDF article The Governance Institute, BoardRoom Press, Advisors’ Corner – December 2018Marian C. Jennings, President – M. Jennings Consulting, Inc.› Download...
“Good to Great” Governance Support: 2019 Areas for Focus Jim Collins, the well-known author of the iconic management study Good to Great, uncovered the key to highly successful companies: “There was no miracle moment. Instead, a down-to-earth, pragmatic,...
Restoring Governance Alignment within a Health System There are two great forces in the universe: momentum and inertia. Momentum causes difficulty in changing the direction and speed of an object once in motion. Inertia causes difficulty in starting motion of an...
To Be or Not to Be: The Future of Subsidiary Hospital Boards “I know our system needs to be agile. But sometimes I feel that our governance model slows us down; it is cumbersome, often requiring us to make the same presentation to a seemingly endless number of...
