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A Trustee Checklist to Address Time Challenges
Checklists
Checklists
A Trustee Checklist to Address Time Challenges
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Memorandum of Understanding MHS Board Chair/CEO Compact
Board and Committee Charters
An effective board chair/CEO relationship is essential to support governance excellence and begins with a clear understanding of individual and shared accountabilities. Dallas-based Methodist Health System defines these accountabilities in a board chair/CEO compact (shown below) that is used as both an orientation resource for new board chairs and a touchstone for ongoing evaluation of this critical relationship.
Rating Your Board on Governance Best Practices
Evaluations and Assessments
Doing your duty is not just about success; it is also about actively engaging in practices that promote good
governance. Take this quiz to review and reflect on how your board compares with governance best practices.
Sample Performance Standards for Evaluating Annual Incentive Plans
Evaluations and Assessments
As health care organizations face a number of emerging challenges, the compensation committee of the not-for- profit hospital and health system board is well served to review and update the executive compensation program periodically.
Governance Improvement Practical Technique: Post-Board Meeting "Mini" Evaluations
Evaluations and Assessments
To maintain the momentum of continuous governance improvement, many "best practices" boards institute regular mini-evaluations of board meetings. Here, each board meeting concludes with every board member anonymously completing a brief evaluation form of how the board planned for and used its time during the meeting.
Dashboards and Balanced Scorecards
Dashboards/Scorecards
The dashboard or “balanced scorecard” has become a staple of effective governance. Charts and numerical data provide a comprehensive picture of organizational performance. Here are some questions to assess whether your board’s dashboard is as good as it could be.
The Role of the Board in Creating Value Chart
Dashboards/Scorecards
Value creation occurs at many levels in organizations. This chart, used by St. Charles Health System based in Bend, Ore., describes the unique role of governance as well the roles of leadership, management and front-line workers in applying Lean principles to support sustained organizational improvement.
A Comparison of External Quality and Safety Scorecards
Dashboards/Scorecards
A Comparison of External Quality and Safety Scorecards
Board Quality and Safety Committee Orientation: Sample Agenda
Samples Agendas
How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.
Governance Quality Engagement Diagnostic
Checklists
This diagnostic is designed to help boards and organization leaders identify challenges that may be impeding efforts to improve quality. Developed by Jim Conway, this resource draws on 20 years of personal governance experience as well as learning from the literature and the shared experience of trustees, executives, patients, family members, staff, teachers, and students.