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  • Greens Piece Foresight saga

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2010

    John M Green believes business people should start thinking more like novelists. Foresight saga “In hindsight...” Painful, often embarrassing confessions sometimes begin with those words. It is only in the future that you know how smart you are in the present. It’s why hubris is such a ...

  • Greens Piece Killer Tshirts

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2010

    John M Green believes the regulators should lighten up on continuous disclosure. Killer T-shirts What’s my daughter’s black T-shirt got to do with public companies continuously disclosing material information to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)? Oddly, it has quite a bit to do wi...

  • Greens Piece Proxy by proxy

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2010

    John M Green suggests it may not be the proxy advisory firms that are the problem, but some of the institutions that hire them. Proxy by proxy During each year’s annual general meeting season, directors come out blasting at corporate governance proxy advisory firms. It’s mostly d...

  • Greens Piece Cap in hand

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2010

    John M Green suggests a simple way to boost the numbers of directors contributing to the charity sector. Cap in hand According to the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ landmark study on the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, 60 per cent of directors sit on NFP boards. But 40 per c...

  • Greens Piece Sunset of Gwalia

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2010

    John M Green explains why reversing the High Court decision on Sons of Gwalia benefits shareholders and is a good move. Sunset of Gwalia The Federal Government’s decision to reverse the High Court’s Sons of Gwalia judgement was a “slap in the face for shareholder rights”, accordin...

  • Greens Piece Inside outside CEOs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2009

    John M Green discusses how boards can improve on their CEO succession plans. Inside outside CEOs The three non-executive directors from different boards slipped into their regular chairs at the café. “The Arbitz* board,” notes Peter, spooning sugar into his coffee. “Their CEO’s been doin...