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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Your board may have devised a great strategic plan, but how can you be sure it will be executed effectively? Cyril Peupion provides some tips on how to make good execution a habit.
According to recent studies, two-thirds of corporate strategy is never executed. Companies spend a lot of ti...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
Frances Drummond explains why intellectual property is a boardroom issue and why it needs to be properly managed.
It would be tempting to think there had been some dramatic change in the intellectual property (IP) laws in Australia. Almost every day an IP matter hits the press.
The me...
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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 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 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...
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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
Gabrielle Upton
reports on a recent panel discussion that focused on what will be expected of directors under new work health and safety laws.
Taking the lead in workplace safety
In December 2009, the Workplace Relations Ministers Council endorsed the Model Work Health and Safety Bil...
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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 May 2010
Former Commonwealth Bank of Australia chairman John Schubert talks to
Domini Stuart
about the challenges of being a director in Australia, board diversity and climate change.
Q&A with John Schubert
When Dr John Schubert FAICD left Melbourne University with a doctorate in chem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
The world’s largest shareholders in focus
The weight, and therefore influence, of large pension funds and major asset pools continues to grow. And, in some ways, they are reshaping the investment world.
Carl Rosen, executive director of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), says: “...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
Technology advancements are creating new opportunities and threats for companies. The Australian Institute of Company Directors and CSC hosted a discussion on how boards can respond.
Stepping up to IT challenges
Rapid technology changes are creating a host of challenges for directors.
The g...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
The Bradley Report and global financial crisis have created many challenges for university boards. And, as
Domini Stuart
reports, there are more higher learning tests to come.
Higher learning challenges
University board challenges will include:
Implementing changes from the ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Zilla Efrat
details some changes that may affect boardroom decisions on leasing.
The shifting leasing landscape
Significant accounting changes are looming that could affect companies that lease anything from offices, warehouses and machinery to motor vehicles, trucks and photocopiers.
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
Improving Australia’s regulatory environment can be a fine balancing act. The Minister for Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, talks to
Zilla Efrat
about the many issues he is juggling in his drive to grow Australia’s economic pie.
Q&A with Chris Bowen
Chris Bowen is certainly a rising ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
In 10 years’ time, will we have more board meetings or less? More board sub-committees?
Giles Parkinson
and
Zilla Efrat
go in search of answers.
Meetings in 2020
Many directors can already attend about 30 meetings a year for a particular company. John Meacock FAICD, Deloitt...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
Domini Stuart
reviews how the job market for directors could evolve over the next decade.
Getting a job in 2020
Hot in demand in 2020 will be:
Strategic thinking
Global knowledge
Strong financial literacy
An understanding of risk
Diplomacy
Cultural awareness
Self awareness
Formal...
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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
Domini Stuart
discusses how the board can help a company reshape itself in good or bad times.
Redrawing the lines
In tough times, boards should:
Be proactive
Bring in advisers sooner rather than later
Talk to management regularly
Demand frequent finan...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
A peek at some of the issues directors need to consider as we edge into an increasingly carbon-constrained business world.
Climate change update
Corporate Australia has passed a key first hurdle with flying colours as it enters a new carbon constrained world.
The Department of Climate Change’s...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
Giles Parkinson
provides some tips on how directors of SMEs can improve their organisations’ attractiveness as buyers start trickling back into the market.
Becoming sale ready
Becoming sale ready
Identify who your likely buyers are
Anticipate what they will be looking for
Ensure rel...