Practical Tips for Better Hybrid Board Meetings
Practical Tips for Better Hybrid Board Meetings As COVID-19 swept across the country in 2020, most hospital and health system boards began conducting virtual or hybrid board meetings. The latter refers to a meeting in which some members attend in person and others...
COVID-19 and Executive Succession Management
COVID-19 and Executive Succession Management The pandemic has exposed the need to improve planning for executive turnover. The COVID-19 pandemic has made executive succession planning even more critical for the board, considering that only 45% have a plan in place for...
Preserving Critical Board Functions during the COVID-19 Crisis
Preserving Critical Board Functions during the COVID-19 Crisis he healthcare industry is facing levels of disruption and uncertainty that most leaders have never experienced. Top revenue-generating activities have been suspended, those on the frontlines are challenged...
Enhancing Communication Between the Board and Management
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?
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
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 PDF
“Good to Great” Governance Support: 2019 Areas for Focus
“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
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
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...
The Board’s Role in Transformation
The Board’s Role in Transformation Adopting the “tight-loose-tight” approach will help clarify the role of governance. The Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. venture. Mergers. Population health. Retail medicine. Consumerism. Silicon Valley disruptors....