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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...

  • Featherstone November 09

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2009

    Director turnover is at its lowest in several years. Tony Featherstone provides some reasons for this and explains why this situation will soon change. The low down on director turnover After such a tumultuous two years, board turnover should be rising sharply. It is not. New dir...

  • Your Say Aug09

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2009

    Letters to the editor I read Tony Featherstone’s article on ‘Unseating the founder’ (Company Director, June 2009) with great interest. As with any good article, the title was provocative and the content worthy of reflection. Here are a couple of probing questions that add to those raised in the art...

  • Featherstone Unseating the founder

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2009

    Tony Featherstone ponders what the board should do if the founder is no longer the right person to run a venture in a changing operating environment. Unseating the founder Directors of fast-growth small companies face a significant challenge: some must decide whether the entrepren...

  • Green s Piece Signs of bad health Jun 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2008

    John M Green argues that how a company – and especially its CEO – speaks about its people after they leave is a sign of its health. Signs of bad health You’re shocked when your CEO tells the board a top executive has quit. But he quickly calms you down with: “Don’t worry. She’s no...

  • 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 ...

  • US Corporate Governance Worlds apart Feb 08

    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 ...

  • Due Diligence

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2007

    Whether buying or selling a business, doing proper due diligence can help uncover both treasure and skeletons hidden in the closet. Helen McCombie provides some tips to directors on how to get the process right. In search of gold and skeletons The private equity boom in Australia has well and ...

  • 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 ...

  • Small company director

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2006

    There comes a time in the growth cycle of many companies when setting up a formal board of directors can have many advantages. Ann-Maree Moodie outlines how and when to do it. When does a small company need a board? As a company emerges from its start-up phase and grows...

  • 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 ...

  • Worth getting emotional about leadership

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2005

    Tony Travaglione believes the recruitment and selection processes of many organisations are inherently flawed. He tells Fiona Stewart they should focus more heavily on variables such as aptitude and emotional intelligence. Worth getting emotional about leadership  Tony Trava...

  • 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...

  • Managing the obligations Risk Management

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2004

    Are you a company director concerned about your governance and compliance obligations, and unsure how much you have to do to fulfil them? Managing the obligations Following the paper trail – How safe is it to rely on those management sign-offs? asks Jon Tyers* Are you a company director co...

  • Making NFP Governance profitable Not For Profit Governance

    Content Type: 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...