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Content Type:
Media Release
08 May 2008
Reforms in Aboriginal welfare systems were initiated thanks to the involvement of the business sector, Mr Noel Pearson, director of the Cape York Institute told the Australian Institute of Company Director’s Company Directors Conference on the Sunshine Coast today.Mr Pearson said that moves in Cape ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2008
Engaging shareholders
Australia is confronted by unprecedented challenges driven by turmoil within global financial markets. Inadequacies have been revealed within the operations and regulation of our markets, and there is evidence of excesses that are inevitably associated with periods of sustaine...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2008
Directors of sport organisations may play on a different field to other directors, but their governance responsibilities are the same. Russell Hoye details some of the unique hurdles they face.
Tackling the hard issuesThe standard of governance in sport organisations has attracted its fair shar...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
Ric Hallgren
provides some pointers on how to plan for the environmental tsunami heading the way of your business.
Riding the tsunami
Much has been written about the macro issues to do with what seems like an impending tsunami of environmental business impacts, threatening to overwhelm b...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
Going green in your property investments is no longer only about doing the right thing. As
Bob Borger
explains, it makes good commercial sense.
A new kind of green
When it comes to property investment, there is a new trend emerging in the commercial and residential property marke...
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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 Apr 2008
Professor Bob Garratt
, the author of
The Fish Rots From The Head , got back to basics on what it means to be a director while addressing AICD luncheons across Australia in March. His solutions have ancient groundings.
Back to basics
Is directing a proper job? There is so much talk ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Ian Porter
provides tips on how to prepare for a greener business world.
A new shade of green Sustainability has become an issue which all companies need to build into their thinking. The way we use resources as a society is changing and the demands from our customers are changing...
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Content Type:
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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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Adrian Dignam
provides six key steps to help your organisation to turn its planned strategies into action.
Turning talk into action
By all accounts, the implementation of organisational strategies is a classic example of the saying: “When everything’s been said and done, more’s been said th...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Stephen Hennessy
provides some tips on how to reduce a property’s carbon footprint.
Becoming carbon neutral
There is a lot of discussion in the corporate property world at present about carbon neutrality in the built environment. Unfortunately, its meaning and importance are often misunders...
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Content Type:
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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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
AICD’s International Company Directors Course helps directors and senior executives to ease over the barriers that make cross border operations difficult.
Stepping over global boundaries
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
Fremantle Ports, WA’s principal trade gateway, is working hard to tackle the challenges and opportunities created by the state’s booming economy.
Staying ahead of the boom
WA’s powerhouse economy, linked to the surging economies of China and India, is creating both opportunities and challen...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2007
Letters to the Editor
Congratulations to Jill E. Boehm OAM, a director of the Cancer Institute NSW and the Cancer Council NSW, and for her letter (Company Director, November 2007) outlining her frustrations at the ‘closed shop’ for company directors in the top 100 ASX listed companies. I fully supp...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2007
Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie believes that government intervention is hampering
Australia’s – and Telstra’s – competitiveness in a world of ever-increasing productivity.
No more meddling please
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Australia’s first shipment of wool to the then...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2007
In the cold, hard world of international technology, intellectual property can often emerge as the most prized part of a business and something others will try to wrest away.
Alan Deans
explains how directors and their companies can become sitting ducks if they don’t take action to ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2007
We ask three prominent directors what climate change means for their businesses and how they expect it to change the business landscape over the next decade.
Monitoring the changing climate
Don Argus
Chairman of BHP Billiton and Brambles. Director of Australian Foundation Investment Company. ...
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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...