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Trustee Articles

Asking Incisive Questions

Deeply held beliefs can blind boards to the true nature of change. It’s time to challenge the orthodoxies. In the early 2000s, the Nokia board debated creating a smartphone. The company’s wireless handset was the global best seller. Management believed consumers would not use a touch screen on a handset.
Trustee Articles

Asking the Edgy Questions About the Future

The AHA’s report on Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future is not intended to be one of those think tank documents that’s quickly forgotten when the next hot idea comes along. The report, which the AHA will update periodically to reflect changing conditions, is designed to help leaders engage in active, thoughtful exchanges about their desired delivery system of the future.
Board Policies

Policy on Consent Agendas

To expedite the conduct of routine business during board meetings in order to allocate more meeting time to education and discussion of substantive issues.
Trustee Articles

Creating Value as a Committee Chair

Boards need to regularly evaluate their existing committee structure and be ready to adjust based on the organization’s changing governance needs.
Event

AHA Executive Committee October 2024

AHA Executive Committee in October 2024.
Transformation Talks

Educating the Health Care Board | Transformation Talks

Educating health care boards to meet tomorrow’s challenges, Episode 4 in the AHA Transformation Talk Series
Trustee Magazine Articles

Making Executive Sessions Work

A four-part executive session meeting model can lead to effective governance.
On-Demand Educational Webinars

New Approaches to Effective Board Decision Making: Webinar Recording

Webinar: The first thing any effective board or leadership group does is decide how it will make decisions. Further, effective boards develop different, clearly defined processes to make decisions of different magnitudes. Yet, many boards have never had an explicit conversation about or developed multiple approaches to this most critical of governance functions — their decision making. This webinar will outline several different, practical and effective decision making techniques to expand your board’s tool kit of processes and techniques for making effective decisions.