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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2010
Directors have much to gain by using new technologies, but as
Domini Stuart
reports, they also need to be aware of the many risks.
Directorship in cyberspace
As conference centre manager at Brisbane Technology Park, Kellie Heiler is very aware of the changing role of technology ...
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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 Apr 2010
The Bradley Report and global financial crisis have created many challenges for university boards. And, as
Domini Stuart
reports, there are more higher learning tests to come.
Higher learning challenges
University board challenges will include:
Implementing changes from the ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Is a school board right for you?
Domini Stuart
investigates the ABCs of venturing back into the school yard.
Back to school
Joining a school board
The legal duties can be the same as other boards
Running schools can be extremely complex
Financials are always very tight
Due...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
Domini Stuart
discusses how the board can help a company reshape itself in good or bad times.
Redrawing the lines
In tough times, boards should:
Be proactive
Bring in advisers sooner rather than later
Talk to management regularly
Demand frequent finan...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2009
Domini Stuart
offers some advice about joining or setting up an advisory board.
The pros and cons of advisory boards
The pros of joining an advisory board
A learning opportunity
A way of making a contribution
A useful first step to becoming a director
A way of easing out of being a dire...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2009
Domini Stuart
provides 10 strategies for directors on how to survive a recession and emerge in better shape.
A director’s survival guide
1. Don’t panic
It has been a long time since the last recession and for many directors the economic downturn is a new experience.
“My advice...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
The M&A landscape is changing.
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to buy, or be bought, well in this tough economic climate.
The brave new world of M&A
Many experts are predicting a sluggish start to 2009 in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
“In...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
Domini Stuart
gets out into the country, to find that while rural boards may be doing it the hard way, they are also lifting their game.
Toughing it out in the country
The image of rural Australia many urbanites hold is hopelessly out of date.
“Broadly speaking, people ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
With so many choices available, why would anyone opt to work for your organisation?
Domini Stuart
provides an update on how to win the war for talent.
Reeling them in – and keeping them
There’s no question that the economic downturn is having an impact on recruitment. Experts are...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
Domini Stuart
outlines the dilemmas a board faces when the most important person in a company, the CEO, falls seriously ill.
Quarantining that illness
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone G3 earlier this year, his gaunt appearance attracted at least as much attention as the new ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
Just like a marriage, the relationship between boards and CEOs can have its ups and downs.
Domini Stuart
provides tips on how to nurture and build this union, and on how to end it if all else fails.
Through thick or thin
At best, the relationship between a company’s board of dire...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
With grey clouds rapidly gathering on the economic horizon,
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to weather the storms they carry.
Battening down the hatches
The heat is on. Fallout from the US subprime crisis has brought an end to an unprecedented period of prosperity and gro...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
For several years, companies have been shouting good news to shareholders from the roof tops. With the economic tide turning,
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to break bad news gently – and not so gently.
Don’t shoot the messenger
Reporting bad news ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Domini Stuart examines the differences between sitting on private and public sector boards.
A peek at the other side
Until directors are replaced by robots, no two boards can possibly operate in exactly the same way. Nevertheless, there are...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
Domini Stuart
finds that Australia’s corporate governance rules have diverged from those in the US.
Worlds apart
As recently asthe beginning of this decade, many commentators were predicting a standardised shareholder-centred Anglo-American model of corporate governance. Then ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2007
Australian directors haven’t greeted virtual board meetings with much enthusiasm.
Domini Stuart
examines why and how uptake is set to change in the future.
Meetings in cyberspace
Travel is woven through the fabric of Australian business. We hop on intercity planes as casually...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2007
Six years ago, Pasminco crashed and burned. Domini Stuart details how building a strong board helped Zinifex rise from its ashes.
Rising from the ashes
On 20 September, 2001, Pasminco was dismissed on ABC radio as the latest in a string of once-distinguished Australian companies either to have...
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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...