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As you confront the impact of COVID-19 on your hospital or health care system, ACCORD is here to offer practical, thoughtful governance advice during this unprecedented time.
The first in ACCORD’s Governance Insights During the Time of COVID-19 series, “Clarification of Board and CEO Roles and Decision Authority” is a one-page document that includes embedded links to three videos produced by iProtean, a virtual board education platform. In the videos, Pam Knecht addresses why it is more important than ever for the board and management to be clear about their roles and scope of authority during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to work together effectively.
WHAT’S NEW
Publications:
You’ll be interested in reading Pam Knecht’s article, “Revisiting Strategy Due to COVID-19,” (© Used with permission of American Hospital Association), originally published in the July 2020 issue of Trustee Insights.
Check out the article co-authored by Pam Knecht and Daniel T. Wolf for the Governance Insights column in the March/April 2020 issue of ACHE's Healthcare Executive entitled "The Power of Perspective."
Examine Pam Knecht's “Using Technology to Enhance Board Education” in AHA's March 2020 edition of Trustee Insights. For more information or to subscribe to this free resource go to trustees.aha.org.
Pam Knecht's article, "Assessing and Renewing Board Governance " is available in the February 2020 issue of The Governance Institute's BoardRoom Press.
Read Pam Knecht’s article, “Is Trustee Emeritus Status Outdated?” in AHA's February 2020 issue of Trustee Insights.
Pam Knecht's article, "Successful System Community Councils" is available in the August 2019 issue of The Governance Institute's BoardRoom Press.
Explore Pam Knecht’s article for the Governance Insights column in the July/August 2019 issue of ACHE's Healthcare Executive entitled “Finding the Right Governance Restructuring Role.”
Read Pam Knecht's “Emerging Committee Effectiveness Practices” in AHA's July 2019 edition of Trustee Insights.
Audio / Video:
Pam Knecht presents four essential governance practices that boards must adopt to provide leadership in times of change in “Board Leadership in Changing Times,” an AHA video.
Listen to Pam Knecht's insights on board coaching. The interview by Michael Peregrine was for McDermott Will & Emery's Governing Health Podcast.
Watch a clip of Pam Knecht’s thoughts on becoming an excellent system board, curated as part of iProtean’s knowledge library of rich video content.
On April 19, 2019, Pam Knecht was the guest on the Baldrige Foundation / Soar Vision Group Leader Dialogue radio show speaking on “Performance Excellence in the Age of Consumerism: The Role of the Board.” Tune in to learn how to develop ideal board and management alignment, and how to enhance performance efficiency and effectiveness.
Speaking Topics:
The most commonly requested speech topics in 2020 have been “Reaching for the Stars: Excellence in Governance" and "Board Leadership in Transformational Times."
Clients:
ACCORD has helped a Midwestern health system with $3.2 billion in annual revenues to restructure its governance to ensure achievement of its mission and strategic vision.
Multiple organizations have retained ACCORD consultants to coach their new Board Chair and/or new CEO.
Other recent engagements have been focused on conducting comprehensive Board assessments and developing governance improvement plans.