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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
1944 - 2013
It is with great sadness that the Australian Institute of Company Directors learnt of the passing of its chairman, James Strong AO FAICD, last month.
Strong, who was also chairman of Kathmandu Holdings and a director of Qantas Airways, died aged 68 in Sydney on 3 March due to lun...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Not-for-profit (NFP) boards and their fundraising staff were not seeing eye to eye and needed to start communicating better with each other as funding tightened in uncertain economic times. That was the view of Andrew Thomas, Perpetual’s general manager for philanthropy, when addressing the Australi...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
A look at what’s new from Company Directors’ book store and our unique publishing process.
Company Directors is not only a niche distributor but also a niche publisher of books on governance, board operations and directorship. Our book store is highly focused on topics of specific interest ...
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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...
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Content Type:
General
08 Mar 2013
Mentoring programs such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Chairmen’s Mentoring Program, together with the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Principles and Recommendations on Diversity, are among the primary reasons for the increase in the number of women on the boards of our largest...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Bill Scales explains why ongoing learning is important for directors and why he joined Company Directors’ National Education Advisory Committee.
Company Director (CD):
What is your background?
Bill Scales (BS): I started my professional life as an apprenti...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
Joining any board is an important step regardless of the type of organisation or your level of experience. Yet many directors take this step without sufficient reflection on the possible risks in terms of personal financial liability and reputational damage, and without sufficient investigation of t...
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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...
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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...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
The board has the responsibility of assessing the performance of the CEO and has a vested interest in ensuring the CEO is effective. This Q&A explains the process of how to conduct an appraisal, how often they should be carried out and other considerations to take into account to ensure a good r...
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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...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
Since the global financial crisis, there is an increased expectation that the performance of boards and individual directors will be regularly appraised. This is reflected in Principle 2.5 of the ASX CGC Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. This Q&A runs through who and what will...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Directors of sports bodies run on a different track, one that some describe as too much of a business to be a sport and yet too much of a sport to be a business. Domini Stuart reports on the many hurdles they have to jump.
Between 2005 and 2010, Melbourne Storm boasted some of the most so...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Directors of sports bodies run on a different track, one that some describe as too much of a business to be a sport and yet too much of a sport to be a business. Domini Stuart reports on the many hurdles they have to jump.
Between 2005 and 2010, Melbourne Storm boasted some of the most so...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Rick Lee and James Strong discuss past and future challenges as Company Directors’ leadership baton is handed over.
Rick Lee FAICDOutgoing chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors
Company Director (CD):
What has given you the greatest satisfaction as c...