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  • The art of boardroom productivity

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Unproductive board meetings waste busy directors’ and management’s time and shareholders’ money, and can lead to poor decision-making. Tony Featherstone explores how meetings can be made more effective. What does a board meeting in your organisation cost and what is the return on that inv...

  • Planting the roots for growth

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2013

    Green fingers or a red light? Tony Featherstone examines what formal boards of directors can offer fast-growing entrepreneurial start-up ventures. Catcha Group co-founder Patrick Grove has one of the better email signatures around. The chairman and deputy chairman of two ASX-listed compan...

  • Life after politics

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2012

    Do ex-politicians make good directors? Tony Featherstone discovers they could have much to offer, if only they would stop being politicians. What ex-politicians can bring to the boardroom The potential to lift the organisation’s profile and attract donations An ability t...

  • When it’s no longer all in the family

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2012

    Family business directors are often involved in finding their replacements. Tony Featherstone reviews some of the issues they should consider. The late managing director of Darrell Lea Chocolates, Jason Lea, once said that when looking for his replacement he mistakenly tried to choose so...

  • Interview QA with Richard Haire

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2010

    So much has changed, and yet so little, for Richard Haire during his 20 years of running what used to be Queensland Cotton Holdings. He talks to Tony Featherstone about the many challenges along the way. Q&A with Richard Haire Rupert Murdoch, Frank Lowy and Wal King immed...

  • Feature When it s time to go

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2010

    How should a board deal with an underperforming director who refuses to resign? Tony Featherstone has some answers. When it’s time to go Key points Underperforming directors create risks for boards But only shareholders have the power to remove them Effective performance rev...

  • Featherstone Diversity at the smaller end of town

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2010

    Tony Featherstone argues that it’s time to build a culture of gender diversity on the boards of emerging enterprises and small listed companies. Diversity at the smaller end of town AICD’s call for companies to set goals and report on gender diversity progress and policies at board level...

  • Feature Opening the family board to NEDs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2009

    Tony Featherstone investigates why the founders of some family owned companies resist forming a board, and the benefits they may be missing out on. Opening the family board to NEDs Key points A family company board poses unique challenges Founders struggle w...

  • Featherstone Turbulence ahead for miners May 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2008

    Tony Featherstone warns that small mining companies risk collisions with institutional investors over directors’ pay and governance as they grow. Turbulence ahead for miners The issue of director pay is getting more attention as calls grow for greater use of long-term incentives t...