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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...

  • Curb your short-termism

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Louise Pocock provides some tips on how a board can help management strike a balance between short-, medium- and long-term horizons. An effective board will generally adopt strategies that manage and strike a balance between short-, medium- and long-term horizons. That is, it will pay att...

  • 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...

  • 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...