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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Evaluating an Organisation Before Joining

    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...

  • Appraisal of the CEO

    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...

  • 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...

  • Strengthening your membership

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2012

    John H C Colvin explains how Company Directors is responding to the increasing stakeholder expectations of directors and how membership requirements are changing. Our members who follow the news will no doubt agree that individual directors and boards are in the spotlight more than ever b...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Preparing for NFP change

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    A look at how the National Disability Services responded to change by providing a professional development scholarship program for NFP directors in the disability sector. The Australian not-for-profit (NFP) sector is large, diverse and growing. The Productivity Commission estimated that t...

  • Testing times ahead for junior mining directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Tony Featherstone warns that over the next 12-18 months, the directors of some junior miners could find themselves severely tested as they look to raise capital at a time when resource stocks may be out of favour and commodity prices are falling. Australia’s resource sector has had a forg...