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  • Feature The business of sport

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2010

    There is far more to sports boards than just winning competitions. Tony Featherstone investigates how the better boards aim to play a better game. The business of sport Directors of sports boards deal with: Intense media scrutiny Ongo...

  • Opinion The Breakthrough board

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2010

    John Barrington discusses how a “Breakthrough” board can be developed to create strategic advantage. The Breakthrough board Three Ts of the “Breakthrough” board Tone from the top: The chairman promotes and lives the strategic perspective Take the time: The board builds the agenda...

  • Survival Kit 2020 NEDs of 2020

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2009

    Five directors predict how the role of non-executive directors will change in the next decade. NEDs of 2020 Catherine Harris AO PSM FAICD Chairman of Harris Farm Markets. Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Japan Foundation, National Gallery of Australia and the Australian S...

  • Feature Keeping it in the family Apr 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2008

    Blood may be thicker than water, but when it comes to business it can dilute the bottom line. Giles Parkinson discusses how bringing in outsiders and professionalising a board can really pay off for family businesses. Keeping it in the family Last August, Jane Stott rose to make ...

  • 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 ...

  • boardroom unity a fraction too much friction

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jan 2006

      A fraction too much friction A lot can be said for the productivity and results generated by healthy board bonding. So how do you create an environment of unity around the table – without eroding the independent views of directors? Helen McCombie writes. There can be no greater example of boa...

  • 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...