Board Competencies Results

• Keeping it professional

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Apr 2013

  Fiona Baron discovers that serving on a professional services firm’s board is all about leading by consensus and influence, rather than relying on authority or positional power. Professional services firms are overwhelmingly about partnerships – partnerships of highly specialised individ...

• So you want to be the chairman?

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Apr 2013

  It is very difficult to train, audition or prepare for the role of chairman. Tony Featherstone provides tips on how aspiring chairmen can design a path to the busiest boardroom job. Some directors were born to lead boards. Bill d’Apice, a lawyer, has chaired more than a dozen in a distin...

• The art of boardroom productivity

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Apr 2013

  Unproductive board meetings waste busy directors’ and management’s time and shareholders’ money, and can lead to poor decision-making. Tony Featherstone explores how meetings can be made more effective. What does a board meeting in your organisation cost and what is the return on that inv...

• Test your capabilities and needs

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Mar 2013

  A new online tool will help you self-assess your directorship attributes and expertise. Have you stopped to consider the vast array of skills, expertise and knowledge you draw on in carrying out your directorships? The range is expansive and extends from expert knowledge to practical know...

• CDC – the director maker

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Feb 2013

  A recent survey reveals resounding approval and recognition of the Company Directors Course, with more than 98 per cent of participants recommending the program to others. The Company Directors Course has long been our flagship director education program and is a highly regarded governanc...

• Becoming part of the conversation

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Feb 2013

  Strong differences in personalities and views can lead to robust questioning and decision-making, or a dysfunctional board of limited value. Sam Walker investigates how directors can become a meaningful part of the boardroom dialogue.   Enhancing the boardroom conversation Think a...

• Keeping it in the family in Cairns

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Feb 2013

  Fiona Baron talks to father-and-son team and well-known directors from Cairns, George and Ken Chapman, about their views on directorships and what it takes to make a family business work. George Chapman AO FAICD is every bit the entrepreneur. Back in the 1960s, at just 23 years old, he la...

• Role of Board

  Content Type: Director Q and A

  31 Jan 2013

  Every company must have at least one director and public companies must have at least three directors. Collectively, the directors are known as the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors acts on behalf of shareholders in supervising the company. This Q&A looks at the key roles performed b...

• Key Competencies for Directors

  Content Type: Director Q and A

  31 Jan 2013

  The board is responsible for ensuring that it has represented on it the skills, knowledge and experience needed to effectively steer the company forward. Directors will be appointed to the board because their specific skills, knowledge and experience will fill particular gaps on the board. It is imp...

• Selecting A New Director

  Content Type: Director Q and A

  31 Jan 2013

  A board needs to have a broad mix of skills and experience to be effective. The key goal in selecting directors is to build a mix that can work as a well-rounded team in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities. A formal and transparent procedure for the selection, appointment and re-appointment o...

• Skilling up for the Asian century

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Nov 2012

  Christopher Niesche investigates how boards can gain the diversity of skills and experience to better tackle growing Asian markets. Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, making up almost a third of the global land mass and with a population nearing four billion. Its...

• Fine-tuning your directorship career

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Oct 2012

  Domini Stuart investigates the pros and cons of having a mentor and what you can expect from the relationship. It seems Australian executives are well aware of the benefits of mentoring; the 600 surveyed for a recent report were generally enthusiastic, with some describing the experience ...

• Thinking outside the square

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Oct 2012

  Companies that fail to think creatively will find themselves at the back of the pack or out of business. Sam Walker discusses how their directors can help them become more innovative. The only constant is change, and change is taking place at a faster rate than ever before in our history,...

• Taking a shareholder onboard

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Sep 2012

  Tony Featherstone examines the pros and cons of giving a shareholder a seat around the boardroom table. There is only one way to describe Gina Rinehart’s push for Fairfax Media board seats: brutal. Since March, Rinehart has emerged as Fairfax’s largest shareholder, demanded three board se...

• A framework for good director practice

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Mar 2012

  Introducing the Company Directors Corporate Governance Framework Developed in 2010/11 by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Corporate Governance Framework sums up the practices (skills, attributes and expertise) that comprise good director practice as demonstrated by respo...