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  • The good news about NFP governance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Tony Featherstone reviews a new survey that shows the standard of NFP governance, given the NFP sector’s constraints, is an untold good-news story. When it comes to governance, the not-for-profit (NFP) sector suffers more from dangerous, ill-informed generalisations than any other. The sh...

  • Preparing for NFP change

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    A look at how the National Disability Services responded to change by providing a professional development scholarship program for NFP directors in the disability sector. The Australian not-for-profit (NFP) sector is large, diverse and growing. The Productivity Commission estimated that t...

  • Vol 10 Issue 8

    Content Type: The Boardroom Report

    02 May 2012

    Unlocking hidden networks; Pressure rises for remuneration committees; More independent directors needed on super fund boards; Room for NFP boards to lift their game; Five ways to boost your team's IQ Unlocking hidden networks More than half the directors participating in a recent survey ci...

  • Featherstone Bigger isnt always better

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2010

    Tony Featherstone argues that having “too many cooks” on a board can spoil the broth. Bigger isn’t always better Are Australian boards still too big? Many boards have gradually downsized by not replacing departing directors in the past five years. Top 50 listed companies typically ha...

  • Interview QA with Marelle Thornton

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2009

    The chairman of the Spastic Centre of NSW, Marelle Thornton, talks to Zilla Efrat about the challenges of heading a charitable not-for-profit organisation in today’s tough economic climate. Q&A with Marelle Thornton From very early in life, Marelle Thornton AM MAICD wante...

  • Featherstone No passengers on board Aug 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2008

    Tony Featherstone argues that extra work is needed to ensure there aren’t free rides on not-for-profit boards. No passengers on board A not-for-profit (NFP) chairman recently told me about a problem plaguing many similar enterprises. “We’ve had the same board for a long time a...

  • Board evaluation

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2006

    St James Ethics Centre is currently undertaking a review of the performance of its board. One of the aims is to get an outsider’s opinion on both past board performance and the risks facing the organisation in the future. Kevin Forde outlines how this will happen. Evaluating a not-for-profi...

  • 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...

  • Good Governance Principles and Guidance for NFP Organisations

    Content Type: General

    As part of our Commitment to the Not-for-Profit (NFP) sector and its directors we have developed the Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations (The Principles and Guidance). The Principles and Guidance are designed to assist boards in determining what constitutes g...