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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Peter Pearce
dispels some modern myths to help directors and their organisations embark on an ethical journey.
Ethics is the essential but too often silent ingredient in corporate governance, risk and compliance (GRC) efforts. For directors and boards, GRC and a whole lot else will alwa...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Kathleen Conlon talks to Tony Featherstone about boardroom diversity, the risks of policy-on-the-run, strategy formation and how emerging directors can find their first board position.
A constant danger for boards is the potential for "groupthink" if directors agree too easily with the co...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
A greater focus on the market and customer needs can only be good for any organisation. Phil Currey provides some pointers on how directors can help boost this focus.
Ask any group of business people for a definition of marketing and you will get as many different answers as there are people in ...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Dr Ken Henry talks to Tony Featherstone about Australia’s role in the Asian century, how our tax system should be reformed and life outside of the public service.
From high above Melbourne, Dr Ken Henry AC provides a glimpse of how great Australian business can become and a scale of natio...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Michael Tooma outlines the lessons Australian directors can learn from New Zealand’s Pike River Mine disaster that killed 29 miners in November 2010.
At one level, the New Zealand report, Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy, reads like so many reports before it – another ...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
A new online tool will help you self-assess your directorship attributes and expertise.
Have you stopped to consider the vast array of skills, expertise and knowledge you draw on in carrying out your directorships? The range is expansive and extends from expert knowledge to practical know...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Domini Stuart finds out how four of Australia’s younger directors got their start in the boardroom and the lessons they’ve learnt since then.
In the old days, Australian boards could be described as "pale, male and stale", consisting almost entirely of men over 60 with sufficient grey hai...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
John Colvin discusses Company Directors’ involvement in recent moves to boost global corporate governance, including worldwide boardroom diversity.
The last month has highlighted for me the important leadership role Company Directors is now playing, not only on issues of importance to dir...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Tony Featherstone believes better engagement between entrepreneurs and experienced company directors could help Australia’s start-up ventures grow in scale when they need to.
Surveys show Australian entrepreneurs rank highly in their ability to start ventures. The problem is scaling them ...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Once Australia’s most senior public servant, Professor Peter Shergold is now enjoying new challenges as a professional director. He talks to Zilla Efrat about leaving the public sector, the strengths public servants can bring to boards and how business and government can better understand each other...
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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...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
John H C Colvin explains how Company Directors’ increasing moves into the digital world and international arena will benefit members.
2013 is shaping up as another year of challenge and opportunity for the Australian director community and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Th...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Some of the key highlights and policy priorities that shaped our agenda throughout 2013.
As 2012 draws to a close, I thought it appropriate to review some of the key highlights and policy priorities that have shaped our agenda throughout the past year. These priorities are selected for a ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Pru Bennett lists five ways in which she’d like to see the bedrocks of corporate governance improved in 2013.
Proxy season is always an intensive period for everyone involved. BlackRock, for instance, votes at around 250 listed company meetings between September and December. We have exte...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
Keith De Lacy talks to Tony Featherstone about the deteriorating relationship between government and business in Australia, life after politics and the joys and challenges of being a company director.
A full-time board career is an obvious, orderly, linear progression for many directors a...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
A review of some helpful publications on directorship, governance and boards available from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Directorship and boards come with very specific challenges. To help you in your role, we offer an ever-growing collection of targeted Australian and i...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
John H C Colvin discusses the many hats directors wear and the contribution they make across so many parts of our society.
When speaking at events, I often ask those in the audience how many directors they think there are in Australia. Estimates usually range from a couple of hundred up t...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
Tony Featherstone reports on a new tool, available later this year, that will bring more transparency and fairness to equity capital raisings.
A new tool from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will help the boards of listed companies better meet their corporate governance obligatio...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2012
Domini Stuart believes managing stress effectively is a matter of good governance for directors.
Most directors have experienced the pressure of a senior executive role, but that does not mean they are automatically prepared for the pressures of the boardroom.
"Executives must be tota...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2012
Rod Roberts discusses university board governance, his many lessons as a director and what inspires him.
Company Director (CD):
What is your background?
Rod Roberts (RR): I grew up on a family-owned mixed farm southwest of Wynyard, Tasmania. After studying at...