Provide your trustees with the information they need to be effective. Board members can use this handbook to find quick and complete answers to their questions about board structure and function, CEO relationships, fiscal responsibility and accountability, and community relations. It is an easy-to-navigate tool for both new and experienced board members.
This guidebook also includes many sample documents that can be adapted for use with your board including:
A model CEO contract
Board member annual performance appraisals
Board job descriptions
A conflict of interest policy
Errol L. Biggs, Ph.D., FACHE, is the director of the graduate programs in health administration and the director for the Center for Health Administration, University of Colorado-Denver. He teaches governance in both the graduate on-campus and executive programs in health administration. He is also a faculty member of the American Governance & Leadership Group and chairman of the Practical Governance Group, both of which offer educational programs for hospital governing boards. Additionally, he has served on several nonprofit and investor-owned boards of directors, and is the author of several articles on governance.