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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...
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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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CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Letters to the Editor
I was startled to read the article No compromise on values in your February edition, which is an edited extract of a speech given by Fiona Harris.
It is hard to believe that in 2008 there is advocacy anywhere for the ‘Old Boys Club’. And worse, that it is suggested such inbree...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Groupthink can dent a board’s decision making ability.
John Adams
explains why one shouldn’t just follow the pack.
Stepping out of line
Directors have a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that their boards make the most effe...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2006
Don Mercer has recently completed a three year term as chairman of the AICD. As Nichola Clark reports, his love of publicly listed companies is surpassed only by his passion for opera and ballet. He also has a lot of advice on what makes an effective board.
Until the fat lady sings
Whether it’...
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Media Release
21 Apr 2006
A new publication initiated by Australia’s leading chairmen and women has given rare insight into how they govern some of Australia’s largest companies.
The work, Chairman of the Board – A Role in the Spotlight, was released today by The Australian Institute of Company Directors, the peak gove...
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CDM Article
01 May 2005
The Economist Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility (reprinted in the March 2005 CDJ) provides a welcome reminder of the basic tenets of business, and a long overdue caution against some of the more excessive expectations of the CSR movement. Corporate Social Responsibility
The Economist Surve...
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CDM Article
01 Jun 2004
A good conference must provide delegates with intellectual stimulation, the opportunity to network in an informal setting and the program must be varied enough to avoid that well-known hazard - conference fatigue. By John Arbouw challenging the imaginmation
A good conference must provide delegates ...
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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...
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CDM Article
01 May 2004
It isn’t only large publicly listed companies such as NAB which are under the corporate governance microscope, the recent scandals at some leading not-for-profits is putting new pressures on NFP boards and directors, say Paul Jansen and Andrea Kilpatrick*
Making NFP Governan...