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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues.
Focus on executive remuneration Executive remuneration is back in the spotlight this month as the Government seeks feedback on its 2009 Termination Payments Act, a...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Fiona Baron discovers that serving on a professional services firm’s board is all about leading by consensus and influence, rather than relying on authority or positional power.
Professional services firms are overwhelmingly about partnerships – partnerships of highly specialised individ...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
1944 - 2013
It is with great sadness that the Australian Institute of Company Directors learnt of the passing of its chairman, James Strong AO FAICD, last month.
Strong, who was also chairman of Kathmandu Holdings and a director of Qantas Airways, died aged 68 in Sydney on 3 March due to lun...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Very little can be more damaging to an organisation than a dysfunctional board. As Kylie Hammond notes, it is bad for the bottom line, can tarnish or destroy entire brands and leaves an ugly stain on the reputations of the company’s directors.
Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina opens with the line:...
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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 Mar 2013
Corey Payne talks to Zilla Efrat about the challenges of being a younger director, his recent departure from rugby league and his future plans.
In January, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back rower and NSW Young Australian of the Year for 2013 Corey Payne surprised some when he retired fr...
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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 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
A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues.
THIS MONTH:
Improving diversity through mentoring
Global leadership in board diversity
Human rights and anti-discrimination
Reform of NFP gov...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Manu Bhaskaran talks to Zilla Efrat about Asian “basket case” countries that are now enjoying a turnaround and the biggest challenges facing Asian directors today.
Several Asian countries, once dismissed as basket cases, are now enjoying a revival, says Manu Bhaskaran, a director of Cente...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Fiona Baron talks to father-and-son team and well-known directors from Cairns, George and Ken Chapman, about their views on directorships and what it takes to make a family business work.
George Chapman AO FAICD is every bit the entrepreneur. Back in the 1960s, at just 23 years old, he la...
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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 Dec 2012
Directors of sports bodies run on a different track, one that some describe as too much of a business to be a sport and yet too much of a sport to be a business. Domini Stuart reports on the many hurdles they have to jump.
Between 2005 and 2010, Melbourne Storm boasted some of the most so...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Directors of sports bodies run on a different track, one that some describe as too much of a business to be a sport and yet too much of a sport to be a business. Domini Stuart reports on the many hurdles they have to jump.
Between 2005 and 2010, Melbourne Storm boasted some of the most so...
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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
Rick Lee and James Strong discuss past and future challenges as Company Directors’ leadership baton is handed over.
Rick Lee FAICDOutgoing chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors
Company Director (CD):
What has given you the greatest satisfaction as c...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
The Australian Institute of Company Directors has announced some board changes.
The Australian Institute of Company Directors announced the following changes to our board at the annual general meeting (AGM) on 7 November 2012.
James Strong AO FAICD, who has served on our board ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Winter Olympic gold medallist Alisa Camplin talks to Fiona Baron about the challenges of sports governance in Australia, boardroom diversity and what makes a good director.
Alisa Camplin is renowned for being the only Australian to win a medal at two Winter Olympic Games – the first with ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Being born with cerebral palsy has never held Alexandra Green back. The 25-year-old cyclist talks to Nichola Clark about how she became a Paralympic medallist and one of Australia’s youngest directors.
If anyone is going to inspire you to put the TV remote or chocolate bar down it’s Alexa...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues.
The future of the AGM
Following the release of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) discussion paper The AGM and Shareholder Engagement in Septembe...