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  • Board scholarships awarded to directors of charitable organisations

    Content Type: Media Release

    11 Aug 2009

    Eight directors of charitable organisations from across Australia will receive scholarships to attend director and board development programs, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and Australian Scholarships Foundation (ASF) announced today. The training programs awarded to the eight...

  • Feature Measuring your boards performance

    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...

  • Submission to Inquiry into the governance of NSW universities

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    18 Feb 2009

    NSW Inquiry into University Governance

  • Director and Board Development

    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 ...

  • Managing the board

    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 ...

  • Profile

    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...

  • Board evaluation

    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...

  • Perspective

    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...

  • Counterpoint

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2006

    Lynn Ralph and Alan Cameron of Cameron Ralph Pty Ltd outline some of the strengths and weaknesses of boards formed by selecting representatives from an organisation’s constituencies. The challenges of a representational board One aspect of the recent Oil for Food events, which led to the Cole ...

  • Cover Story

    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...

  • The power of questions an essential skill Executive Coaching

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2005

    If there is one factor that most recent corporate failures in Australia and overseas have in common, it is the failure of directors and executives to ask the right questions. The power of questions - an essential skill Asking the right question can save companies millions of dollars, says Christo N...

  • Building a better board Cover Story

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2004

    A board, like a house, needs solid foundations, but the evidence coming out of some of the recent boardroom problems such as the NAB suggest that some of these foundations are not well understood. Richard Leblanc* makes some suggestions on building a better board Building a better board A board, li...

  • So you really want to be a director AICD Review

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2004

    In directorland it can take years to make it to the board of a public company – if you’re lucky. Lucky? Yes lucky, and well-connected, and well-prepared. On the reckoning of the eminent panelists at the AICD’s April Director’s Briefing, “it’s a long way to the top” as AC/DC belted out in its gu...