Great Boards Updates: September / October 2007

THE FALL ISSUE OF GREAT BOARDS is now available at www.GreatBoards.org. This 14-page issue includes:

Best practices for public hospital governance. A variety of barriers from open meetings to lack of control over board appointments makes it harder for public hospitals to follow highly recommended "best practices" for boards. We document the problems in a new survey from The Governance Institute, and we share the creative ways some public boards surmount their barriers to achieve great governance.
Creating a more strategic board: Case study. Advocate Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital wanted to become more strategic at both the governance and management levels. Read how they did it, changing their culture in the process, in this case study by strategy and governance consultant Pamela Knecht.
Subsidiary hospital boards: Window dressing or opportunity? Many hospital boards that report to parent, system boards are unclear, unhappy or not engaged with their new roles. Governance consultants Barry Bader and Ed Kazemek describe five practices to clarify and re-energize subsidiary boards, without sacrificing the need to retain ultimate authority at the system level.

NEW ARTICLES ON HOT GOVERNANCE TOPICS

Also new on the Great Boards website are four "Advisors Corner" articles on these hot topics:

Differentiating full board and committee work on quality
Disruptive board members
Board member terms: To limit or not?
Strategic planning: Work for full board or committee?

Written by Barry Bader, Pamela Knecht, Roger Witalis and Ed Kazemek, the articles are normally available only to members of The Governance Institute, but are offered to Great Boards subscribers with the Institute's permission. For more information on membership, call TGI at 877-712-8778.

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Great Boards Updates: September / October 2007

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