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  • Opinion Using behaviours to drive board performance

    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 ...

  • Inside Your Institute Professional development Choosing whats best for you

    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...

  • Feature Building healthy boards

    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 ...

  • Inside AICD Directors impact study

    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...

  • Feature Plotting your moves

    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...

  • Featherstone Encouraging startup governance

    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, ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...