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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2012
Shaun Fraser and Jamie Irving identify some questions boards should be asking to assess whether they have an effective framework in place to tackle the current volatile and risky business environment.
Australian Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) operate in an increasingly difficult and risk...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2010
Two of the speakers at our upcoming
Public Sector Governance Conference
discuss how government organisations can best achieve real innovation in a risk-averse environment.
Public sector innovation
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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
Expanding offshore is a risky business. The Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation recently hosted a discussion to help guide directors through this maze.
Taking the world by storm
Australian businesse...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
John O’Neill tells
Tony Featherstone
why he is once again putting everything on the line for the Australian Rugby Union.
Back in the scrum
After 13 years as a top sports administrator, John O’Neill FAICD is as hard as a rugby scrum. The fo...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Andrew Douglas
explains why good governance can be a treasure trove of opportunity for SMEs wanting to get serious about their business.
Good governance is good business
Improved productivity, responsiveness and resilience driving greater and more sustainable profits with less risk i...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Maurice Newman talks to
Tony Featherstone
about the ABCs of sitting on some of Australia’s most notable boards.
Q&A with Maurice Newman
The resume of Maurice Newman AC FAICD reads like a directory. The veteran chairman has served on 44 boards...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Tony Featherstone
would like to see the junior mining sector take advantage of a once-in-a-generation mining boom to lift its governance to the next level.
Taking junior miners to the next level
The mining boom’s sheer force and its effect on the economy are well known. Less consider...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Directors may not be up to speed with the latest technology, but they can still help steer IT projects towards success.
Domini Stuart
explains how.
Driving IT success
How to make IT work
Don’t underestimate IT’s importance
Don’t view IT a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Steve Gibbs
explains why climate change is still a critical boardroom issue even though little progress has been made on an emissions trading scheme or international agreement on future action.
Keeping climate change on the table
With the shelving of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Former BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus AC FAICD discussed director nominations at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual conference in Melbourne in May. Here is an edited extract of what he had to say.
On choosing directors
Ov...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Dr Michael Petit
offers an alternative perspective on why many acquisitions fail to create value.
How value is destroyed
Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to pick up in 2010 compared with 2008 and 2009, with more of this ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
As part of his opening address to the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship: 10
, in New Zealand last month, chairman Rick Lee discussed how the Australian Institute of Company Directors aimed to provide leadership on issues of importance to directors.
Making a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Leading chairmen,
Mark Johnson
and
James MacKenzie
, participated in a Q&A session at the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship:10
in Christchurch, New Zealand, in May. Here is an extract of what they had to say.
Conversations with the chairmen...
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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 Jun 2010
With the Rudd Government moving closer to its proposed health reform,
John Mero
flags some of the governance issues and challenges a new breed of hospital boards is likely to encounter.
The hospital governance challenge
Hosp...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
The global financial crisis appears to have blown darker clouds across Queensland than any other state.
Tony Featherstone
investigates the many challenges Sunshine State directors have to navigate as the gloom starts to lift.
Making a comeback
In its latest Business Outlook repor...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
A number of reform initiatives could lead to an overhaul of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. We asked three NFP directors how they believed the role of directors could change and what new challenges could be created for them.
Shaking up the NFP sector
Darren Beazley MAICDPresident, Asth...