Board Briefs
The briefs available below assist trustees in navigating some of the most important issues for which they are responsible. They range from introductory pieces for those individuals newly welcomed to their board to more advanced primers on health reform, patient safety and achieving board excellence.
Board/CEO Relationships
Boardroom Basics
- Advocacy Basics for Trustees
- Building Constructive Hospital Medical-Staff Relationships
- Conflict-Free Governance
- Fiduciary Responsibility
- Financial Basics for Trustees
- Governance and Management Responsibilities
- Governance Risk: What Trustees Need to Know
- Integrating Mission, Values and Vision
- Maximize the Value of Your Board Retreat
- Practical Guidance for Health Care Boards on Compliance Oversight
- Role of the Board Chair
- Strategic Execution: The Plan Following the Plan
- Supercharging Your Hospital’s Governance Substructure
- The Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
Community Connections
Current Trends and Issues
- Adapting to Generational Differences in the Workplace
- Cybersecurity: Protecting Patient Health Information
- Disaster Preparedness
- Ensuring the Best Care for All (Diversity)
- Envisioning Tomorrow’s Workplace
- Governance Never Events
- Governing in a Wired World
- Hospital Billing and Collections: The Scrutiny Isn’t Going Away
- Maximizing Relationships in a Technology-Centered World
- Positive Workplace Culture
- Price Transparency
- Strategic Affiliation: Is There a Partner in Your Future
- The Changing Competitive Landscape: New Competition
- What’s Right About America’s Health Care
Governance Improvement
- 100 Ideas for Governance Improvement
- Critical Conversations
- Governance Never Events
- Governance Self-Assessment
- Is Your Board Benefiting From the Next Generation of Leaders
- Meetings People Remember For the Right Reasons
- New Trustee Orientation: The Foundation for Success
- Preventing and Curing Governance Diseases
- Seven Leadership Habits of Highly Effective Governing
- Succession Planning Today for Tomorrow’s Trustee Leaders
- Transforming Your Hospital and Board from Good to Great