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01 Apr 2013
Gillian McFee talks to Zilla Efrat about the many challenges of sitting on a sports board and her views of reform in the not-for-profit and aged-care sectors.
Even though she didn’t play basketball, Gillian McFee FAICD says she was appointed to the Basketball Australia board because of he...
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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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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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01 Dec 2012
Zilla Efrat asks some directors and advisers to forecast the risks that will keep directors up at night in 2013.
The directors
Elizabeth Carr FAICDChairman of the Macular Degeneration Foundation. Director of the Kokoda Track Foundation, Kambala Anglican School for Girls NSW and...
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01 Dec 2012
Zilla Efrat turns to superstition, various religions and the Chinese zodiac to assess whether 2013 is set to be a good year for Australia’s directors.
The story goes that in 1898, South African diamond magnate Woolf Joel held a banquet at London’s famous Savoy Hotel. At the last minute, o...
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01 Nov 2012
Zilla Efrat reports on the many boardroom lessons from the courtrooms discussed at the Essential Director Update.
"We can all learn from the misfortunes of our fellow directors," observed Alan Cameron AO FAICD as he launched into his address at the Essential Director Update in Sydney last...
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01 Nov 2012
Peter Yu talks to Zilla Efrat about how Indigenous governance is at the crossroads and how his career has evolved alongside changing political dynamics in Australia over the past four decades.
Peter Yu believes Indigenous governance is at the crossroads of massive change.
Yu, who is c...
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01 Nov 2012
Zilla Efrat asks a range of experts for their top tips on how you can brush up on your directorship brand to secure your first or more board positions.
Alison GainesGlobal Practice Leader – Board ConsultingGerard Daniels
The best resumes for emerging and professional non...
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01 Oct 2012
Australia’s only study examining governance of the not-for-profit sector dispels many widely held myths and assumptions. Zilla Efrat reports.
Key findings:
There are no discernible differences between the governance effectiveness of NFP and for-profit (FP) boards.
There...
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01 Sep 2012
Greg Medcraft talks to Zilla Efrat about how ASIC is becoming more proactive and transparent in an ever more complex corporate regulatory environment that has been reshaped by the GFC, increasing globalisation and technology innovations.
Greg Medcraft has had plenty of time to find his fe...
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01 Aug 2012
Peter Church has spent the past 40 years travelling and living in South East Asia. He talks to Zilla Efrat about some of his experiences and lessons gathered along the way.
Peter Church’s fascination for Asia began early in his childhood and has shaped his adult life and career.
He is...
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01 Aug 2012
With the AGM season fast approaching, Zilla Efrat asks a range of experts what frustrates them most about these meetings and how they can be improved.
The questions:
What tips would you give directors to help them conduct more successful AGMs?
What frustrates you most ab...
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01 Jul 2012
Two experts believe that to look at ever more complex problems differently, directors should get out of their comfort zones. Zilla Efrat reports.
We live in an increasingly complex world that our brains aren’t wired to deal with.
Dr Kathleen Taylor, a professor at Saint Mary’s College...
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01 Jun 2012
Zilla Efrat discovers what NFP experts would like government to consider when reforming this sector and what concerns them most about proposed reforms.
Rt Revd Dr Chris Jones FAICDCEO of Anglicare Tasmania.
The Productivity Commission report into the contribution of the not-for...
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01 Jun 2012
The key message from the Company Directors national conference in Darwin last month was that Australia could lose out on the benefits of the resources boom if it did not take the right actions now. Zilla Efrat reports.
It was perhaps most fitting that last month’s Australian Institute of ...
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01 May 2012
Ranee Crosby talks to Zilla Efrat about the challenges of being a director in Townsville and on a university board.
Since childhood, Ranee Crosby GAICD had been intent on becoming a lawyer. To fund her part-time legal studies, she started working in the port and shipping industry straight...
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01 May 2012
Zilla Efrat discovers how new oil and gas projects, and especially the $34 billion Inpex LNG plant in Darwin, are set to boost the Northern Territory’s economy.
The Northern Territory (NT) is set to get a major economic boost as new oil and gas projects are developed.
Commenting in a ...
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01 May 2012
Zilla Efrat asks some experts what the business community is hoping for from the upcoming Federal Budget and whether it will get what it wants.
The questions asked:
What do you believe the business community would most like to see announced in the Federal Budget and why?
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01 May 2012
Two prominent overseas chairmen talk to Zilla Efrat about how they vet information from management and foster better debate around the boardroom table.
Two highly experienced foreign company chairmen recently visited Australia to participate in the Australian Institute of Company Director...
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01 Apr 2012
Zilla Efrat catches up with five mentees from the 2011/12 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program to assess how they benefited from their participation.
The questions mentees were asked:If there is a single bit of advice your mentor gave you that has really helped, what is it? In s...