Educational inserts designed to promote interactive learning written by well-known governance experts.
2013 Trustee Workbooks
 Leadership Succession Planning: A Governance Imperative | April 2013Kathryn J McDonagh, Lawrence Prybil and Mary K. Totten As health care continues on a rapid path to transformation, governing boards are being held to increasingly higher levels of accountability and transparency. One often-overlooked governance imperative is the board's responsibility to ensure cogent leadership development and succession planning. MORE» |
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 Bold Board Leadership Required for Transformative Times | January 2013Mary K. Totten Now is the time for all boards to ask themselves fundamental questions such as: If we didn't exist, what might be different? At the end of the day, have we improved the health of the communities we serve? MORE» |
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2012 Trustee Workbooks
 Transformation and the Governance Agenda: Keeping Your Board on Track | November/December 2012By Sean Patrick Murphy and Mary K. Totten Now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld, it appears that the American health care delivery system is about to embark on unprecedented change. MORE» |
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 Assessing the 'Fit': Using Competencies to Select New Board Members | July/August 2012By Mary K. Totten Bringing new members onto the board has its challenges. In small or rural communities, the pool of potential trustees is often limited, with desirable candidates already serving on multiple boards. Even in bigger urban areas, it sometimes seems the same people rotate on and off the boards of larger community organizations — the Rotary Club, the chamber of commerce, the hospital. MORE» |
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 Mission-Based Decision-Making for Boards | April 2012By John Brozovich with Mary K. Totten Members of a health care organization's board are responsible for governing in ways that help fulfill their organization's mission. But what does that really mean? How does a hospital's mission relate to effective governance? MORE» |
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 Governing Large nonprofit Systems:a Preview of ceo, Trustee Perspectives | January 2012 By Mary K. Totten and Lawrence Prybil Much has been written about our nation's health care organizations' grappling with forces that demand new delivery and payment models focused on more accountable, value-driven care. MORE» |
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2011 Trustee Workbooks
 The Role of theChief Governance Officer | November/December 2011 By Mary Denise Kuprionis with Mary K. Totten The recent economic crisis, coupled with weekly headlines about one company after another demonstrating poor corporate governance choices, led investors and corporate watchdogs to blame boards of directors for lessthan-expected company performance. MORE» |
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 Crisis Management andMaintaining the Public Trust | July/August 2011 By Bill Ide, Summer H. Martin and Mary Totten A hospital and its board can only be effective if they maintain the trust of those the organization serves. MORE» |
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 Physician CompensationRequires Enhanced Board Oversight | April 2011 By Kim Mobley and Mary K. Totten As hospitals and physicians move toward closer alignment to deliver better, more accountable care and service to patients and other stakeholders, it is no surprise that board responsibility for overseeing physician compensation is increasing. MORE» |
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 Resources for ApplyingCompetencies to Governance | January 2011 By Deborah J. Cornwall and Mary K. Totten Health care organization trusteeship is getting more complicated as pressures to improve quality and safety, reduce costs, increase transparency and accountability, and use changing and evermore-expensive technology converge. MORE» |
