2024 Boston Cluster

Effective governance is often assumed to be self-evident: a natural byproduct of a compelling mission, good people and strong leadership. When boards do their work well, they often operate in obscurity with only a few people understanding how they function, and when things go wrong, the fault may be attributed to a single individual who led the board astray or a vague account of “a toxic board culture.”  

What if there are tangible steps you can take to build an effective board composed of community leaders who partner with the organization’s executives to add value? Where should busy executives focus to ensure the board stays in its lane, meets its obligations, helps the organization and serves the mission? In the world of mergers and health systems, what does a high-performing board even look like? Does governance have a meaningful role to play in healthcare anymore?

Please join nationally recognized speaker and facilitator Karma Bass for this interactive, thought-provoking, and energizing two days of learning, specifically geared toward executives who work with community hospital, not-for-profit, public district or health system boards of directors.

Drawing on more than 25 years of working with hospitals and systems across the country, Karma Bass will share insights gleaned from top-performing executives and boards she’s had the privilege of working with and will share cautionary tales from well-intentioned boards who went off-track because they lost sight of a few key governance success principles.

This two-day seminar will also include a highly interactive small group discussion on case studies where you’ll explore how to apply essential governance principles to real world issues.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe practical approaches for building governance structures and systems that reinforce the distinction between the role of the board and the role of management and deliver excellence.
• Discover differences between board practices that drive real-world performance and those that just sound good on paper.
• Identify key principles of effective governance and learn how to apply them to your board’s specific responsibilities and situation.
• Investigate what goes into designing highly effective board meetings that deliver happier board members and less harried executives.
• Identify ways to increase a board’s understanding of complex issues and streamline its decision-making processes.
• Determine how to identify, recruit, educate and retain outstanding board members who focus on the mission and support the executive team’s work.
• Define how to develop a strong board-CEO relationship.
• Discover key tips for developing a leadership team that understands and seamlessly supports the board’s role.

Who Should Attend:

CEOs and other C-Suite leaders working with boards.

Presented By:

Karma H. Bass, Senior Principal and Founder, Via Healthcare Consulting.