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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Sam Butcher
explains why agreeing on and articulating the behaviours expected of directors can be a powerful tool to enhance board performance.
Using behaviours to drive board performance
High-performing boards proactively manage two critical dimensions of their work: the frameworks ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
A new breed of boards is likely to emerge as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to reform the nation’s healthcare system.
Domini Stuart
gains some insights into how they could be created.
Building healthy boards
Challenges of sitting on a hospital board may include
A complex ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Making the decision between a public course or the
In-Boardroom
program when furthering your professional development.
Choosing what’s best for you
Continuing professional development is clearly a priority for members of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Whether thro...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
Directors social impact
I recently had the pleasure of hosting our NSW Fellows Lunch in Sydney, where we launched important new research throwing light on the enormous contribution the director community makes to Australian society through its involvement in not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, incl...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
An AICD study unveils details about the huge contribution Australia’s directors make to the not-for-profit sector.
Directors’ Social Impact Study
Towards the end of 2009, AICD set out to gain further insights into the contribution directors make to the economy and society through their engagem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2009
Tony Featherstone
discusses how smaller companies can build up their arsenal, draw up their war plans and harness their troops to take on the downturn.
Plotting your moves
In downturns, smaller companies should:
Review the battle grounds carefully
Update their combat strategies
Anticipa...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2009
Tony Featherstone
argues that entrepreneurs need to be taught to think about boards much earlier in their venture’s development.
Encouraging start-up governance
I recently asked a group of entrepreneurship students about their views on boards. The response: complete silence. To be fair, ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2009
Charles Beelaerts
investigates how boards can get the best out of their performance reviews – and whether the financial crisis is affecting how these are done.
Measuring your board’s performance
The need to undertake board reviews is not new. In 2003, the Australian Securities Exchange s...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2007
AICD and the University of Sydney have put together a special education program that deals with the needs of university staff.
Meeting the needs of academia
The demands on Australian higher education and universities, in particular, have never been grea...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
The AICD Company Directors Conference 2007 was a milestone event. Here are some of the highlights.
Where yesterday meets tomorrow, Shanghai 2007
The AICD Company Directors Conference 2007, held in Shanghai in May, was a landmark event. It was the first Company Directors Conference ever held ab...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
What is that special mix that makes a successful company and how do directors contribute to it? Domini Stuart approaches four leading directors for clues.
The X factor
Success is rarely a smooth ride. Many of our leading companies have weathered storms that might have felled other organisation...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2007
Working across countries and regulatory frameworks raises many complex challenges for directors. With this in mind, AICD has developed a program that can help clarify these issues and assist directors and executives to fulfil their duties and responsibilities in a global economy.
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2007
With the largest contingent ever of Australian business leaders gathered in the People’s Republic of China, AICD’s Company Directors Conference 2007 started fittingly with a focus on the challenges facing directors in a period of increased private equity activity. What follows is a complete version ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2007
AICD is launching three online courses that will enable directors to gain new skills or polish existing ones – and all you need is a computer with internet access.
Log on for continual learning
AICD is dedicated to promoting professional directorship and good governance. Director education ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2007
It is essential that new board members make an immediate contribution to the running of a company. Charles Beelaerts looks at how some Australian companies approach the challenge of integrating new board members into their organisations.
Putting out the welcome mat
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2006
John Massey is as comfortable in the nursery caring for newborn babies as he is in the boardroom building multimillion dollar enterprises – but are these worlds as different as they seem? Nichola Clark reports.
The nurture of business
John Massey likes to describe himself as ‘a formalised e...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
St James Ethics Centre is currently undertaking a review of the performance of its board. One of the aims is to get an outsider’s opinion on both past board performance and the risks facing the organisation in the future. Kevin Forde outlines how this will happen.
Evaluating a not-for-profi...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2006
Mark Jones and Richard Leblanc believe that with Australian companies shifting corporate governance focus from conformance to performance, human chemistry is a key driver influencing the effectiveness of boards.
Human chemistry and independent assessment drive board performance
Boards need hig...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2006
Steven Cole takes issue with the concept that the chairman is the first among equals – particularly if fellow directors take advantage of a safe harbour defence.
First among equals or first in line?
Those who contributed to Chairman of the Board – A Role in the Spotlight must be congrat...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2006
Directors cannot afford to be ignorant of development in IT – but they should concentrate on the business case for implementing new technology and not be overwhelmed by confusing jargon. Domini Stuart reports.
Coming to grips with IT
As recently as the seventies, IT was nothing more than an ex...