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  • Q&A with Jac Nasser

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Jac Nasser, described as a chairman of chairmen, talks to Tony Featherstone about succession planning, leadership development, board composition and other governance matters at the world’s biggest mining company. It is easy to judge boards only on big events: the CEO appointment, successi...

  • Measuring chairman fees

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Tony Featherstone believes the chairmen of Australia’s largest listed companies may have a good argument for pay increases in the next few years, depending on company performance, of course. Many listed company boards showed restraint with fee rises after the global financial crisis (GFC)...

  • 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...

  • Firing the boss

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2013

    When is it time for an underperforming CEO to go and how should the board handle the termination? Tony Featherstone investigates. Only one board job is harder than hiring the right CEO: firing your most important executive. Persevering too long with the wrong CEO inevitably sees the board...

  • Managing mining’s many risks

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2012

    Tony Featherstone examines the many hurdles faced by mining boards and provides some tips on how directors can overcome them. Spare a thought for Australia’s resource sector. It faces a perfect storm of falling commodity prices, rising costs, new federal and state government taxes and roy...

  • The good news about NFP governance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Tony Featherstone reviews a new survey that shows the standard of NFP governance, given the NFP sector’s constraints, is an untold good-news story. When it comes to governance, the not-for-profit (NFP) sector suffers more from dangerous, ill-informed generalisations than any other. The sh...

  • 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...

  • 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...