The interview, background check, hiring process, etc. is completed. You’ve chosen your candidate and he/she has accepted the open position. Now what? More change… Although there are multiple approaches to successful onboarding, the subject of this article will be managing the changing team synergy and dynamics during the onboarding process. A successful onboarding program actually…
Best Practices
Are Your Bylaws YOUR Bylaws?
There are plenty of bylaws templates and sample bylaws in the market place today which might lead one to ask why I created another. In working with hundreds of pregnancy centers over the years I found that the vast majority of pregnancy center boards used a template or bylaws from another pregnancy center. They adopted…
18 Elements of Effective Bylaws
A GUIDE 1. Name of the Organization 2. Purpose: Charitable, Educational, Religious, Scientific (any or all); Consistent with Articles of Incorporation 3. Who, if any, are the members: Usually Board members are only members or the organization has no members 4. Corporate Officers: Usually President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Director / CEO (Check for state…
Articles of Incorporation Purpose Clause Alert
In the last few years, the IRS has performed audits on several Pregnancy Medical Clinic (PMC) organizations. One of the changes that the IRS required was that Articles of Incorporation purpose clauses be expanded to more accurately reflect the activities of the organizations. Actually, this is a common problem as the Articles were written long ago when…
Corporate Book Contents
The board of directors should have a corporate book that contains important legal and governance documents. Here is a list of what should be in included in this corporate book. Standard Corporate Book Contents 1. Current Articles of Incorporation 2. Current Bylaws 3. Medical Bylaws 4. Board Resolutions a. Hiring b. Appointments (MD) c. Employee…
Clarity Over Confusion: Facing Real-Time Ethical Decisions in the PMC
Our patients’ lives can sometimes be messy and complicated. In seeking to meet those who walk through our doors at the point of their needs, it can sometimes seem messy, confusing, and complicated for us, too! How do we stay true to our values while at the same time encountering the reality of our patients’ broken hearts…