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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
Mercedes Trautwein
outlines some ways in which you can keep staff motivated and passionate in times of gloom.
Don’t just dangle the carrot
Staff motivation is today’s boardroom BBQ stopper. Employees are being asked to work even harder, longer and take on additional duties d...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
Matt Hern
discusses the hidden profit risk in tough times: employee fear and uncertainty.
Overcoming fear and uncertainty
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” So said...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2008
Tough staffing decisions may have to be made in 2009.
Kevin Chandler
provides some tips on how to survive them.
When the axe drops
Earlier this month, the Finance Sector Union predicted that up to 10,000 jobs could be lost in the next 12 to 18 months. Many of these jobs will be in middle...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
Young philanthropists don’t act like previous generations.
Tony Featherstone
discusses how charity boards can engage a new breed of entrepreneurs.
Engaging young philanthropists
Years ago, the biggest problem with making a rich list was extra scrutiny from the Aus...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
Tony Featherstone
questions whether some rock star boards will emerge in the next few years.
The celebrity director
Everybody wants to be a rock star. The emergence of celebrity CEOs, especially in the US, got the party started in the early 1990s. Then there were celebrity stockbroking...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
With so many choices available, why would anyone opt to work for your organisation?
Domini Stuart
provides an update on how to win the war for talent.
Reeling them in – and keeping them
There’s no question that the economic downturn is having an impact on recruitment. Experts are...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
If you’re not riding the wave of change into the 21st century, you’ll find yourself drowning beneath it.
Di Worrall
provides five mindsets that will help keep your organisation’s head above water.
Habits for business success
As we pull out from the information age and into a new ...
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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
Who are the directors of the future? What will they need to know and be able to do? These, and other important questions, will be explored at AICD’s annual conference, which kicks off on 7 May on the Sunshine Coast.
Into a New World
The world we live in changes at a nail biting pace, and ofte...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
Richard Hewson
explains how the subtleties of human comfort zones can upset the relationship between CEOs and boards.
Discomfort zone
Is the relationshipbetween your board and your CEO as effective as you would want? When the board and the executives of an organisation are not...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
Mental illness lurks quietly in most Australian workplaces.
Zilla Efrat
examines what steps directors can take to stop it from silently nibbling away at their employees’ morale and company’s bottom line.
The not so beautiful mind
Linda finally has her dream job. She ma...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2007
Avoiding staff turnover
Nearly 90 per cent of employee turnover is avoidable, according to a new study by Insync Surveys.
The study reviewed benchmarkable exit study data from 1,181 employees over the last year.
It found that the top five reasons for leaving an organisation – and within the employe...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Ralph Kerle recommends that businesses adopt a more artistic way of thinking in order to extract full value from their most valuable asset – their staff.
Creative solutions to business problems
Most businesses, governments and statisticians use words such as productivity, efficiency, and effec...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
Employee Share PlansGetting it right the first time
Having equity in the company for which you work has become increasingly popular and it certainly eases shareholder concerns when they have a non-binding vote on remuneration for senior executives. As Owen Thomas reports, employee share plan...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
The Wisdom of a Winner
Lynette Glendinning’s passion for working with boards and directors on complex and diverse issues and developing successful outcomes has turned into a very successful business as Derek Parker reports
‘Working with people and getting people to work together to sha...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2005
The key to more effective boardsisn’t given in the rules
The greatest challenges boards face is the way people engage with each other in the process of doing what has to be done, not the tasks themselves, says Sarah Cornally*
When people come together in a group there are a lot of forces at play. Th...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2005
Making human capital work as a boardroom issue
Boards scrutinise the way in which money is spent within the corporation but what about the human capital that is either mis-spent or wasted? Leo D’Angelo Fisher reports
It’s a well worn mantra: people are a company’s most valuable asset. ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2005
Architect back to the drawing board
The International Company Directors Course has lured even some of our more experienced directors back to the classroom, says education director Pamela Murray-Jones, who interviewed Penny Morris, a participant on the April 2005 program
Penny Morris has a formidable...
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Content Type:
General
The board establishes the culture of the organisation and uses culture to shape risk managment, promote productivity and reinforce policy. With an ageing population, increased labour mobility and a shifting workforce of generation Y managers - how are companies adapting their approach to the changin...
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Content Type:
General
Like any endeavour, there are a raft of terms that relate to directorship and governance.
The Language of Directorship - a 55 page glossary - covers hundreds of terms from A-Z that you may find helpful in your day-to-day work as a director.
This publication is a companion to the Comp...