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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
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 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
Strong differences in personalities and views can lead to robust questioning and decision-making, or a dysfunctional board of limited value. Sam Walker investigates how directors can become a meaningful part of the boardroom dialogue.
Enhancing the boardroom conversation
Think a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
Do good things come in pairs?
Domini Stuart
investigates whether a two-tiered board would better clarify directors’ roles and responsibilities and help close the “expectation gap”.
Double trouble
A two-tiered board
May reduce NED liability
Could reset directors’ responsibilitie...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
George Norris
explains how emotional intelligence can help executives make the transition from the cut and thrust of running a successful, thriving business to becoming a valuable board member.
Towards an intelligent transition
Today’s emerging directors have an important role to pla...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
I write to highlight the importance of claiming the privilege against self-incrimination.
When a company director is compelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to attend an examination, it is important to be aware of the right to claim the privilege against self-i...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
John Colvin
reports on how the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ efforts in the areas of gender diversity and corporate reporting reform are paying off.
Bearing some fruit
It is always satisfying when the hard work put into policy leadership and advocacy by the Australian In...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
John Colvin
weighs into the debate of whether the expectation gap between how boards operate and what’s expected of them could be narrowed if directors’ roles were reformulated.
Great expectations
In business, we all know how important it is for any company to have appropriate and cl...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Sam Butcher
explains why agreeing on and articulating the behaviours expected of directors can be a powerful tool to enhance board performance.
Using behaviours to drive board performance
High-performing boards proactively manage two critical dimensions of their work: the frameworks ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Senior directors discussed the ins and outs of resigning from a board gracefully at the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship:10
in Christchurch, New Zealand, in May.
Should I stay or should I go?
Like many other experienced dire...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
The
ASX 200 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program
kicked into action last month. We asked some mentees what they most hoped to achieve from it.
Getting on board
About the program
The Australian Institute of Company Directors’ ASX 200Chairmen’s Mentoring Program aims to have an immediate ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
An outline of some of the issues addressed recently by the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Policy and Advocacy team.
Policy Update
Diversity mentoring program underway
Some of Australia’s most senior company chairmen and directors are participating in the Australian Institute of Com...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Research increasingly shows greater gender diversity can boost performance, yet women remain underrepresented on Australian boards.
Domini Stuart
investigates why and what can be done.
The gender imbalance
The barriers to gender diversity
There are fewer women in the pool
Women are...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
A new breed of boards is likely to emerge as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to reform the nation’s healthcare system.
Domini Stuart
gains some insights into how they could be created.
Building healthy boards
Challenges of sitting on a hospital board may include
A complex ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Towards making a difference
One of the important roles of the Australian Institute of Company Directors is its contribution to major public policy debates. While you may be familiar with our work on issues such as director liability and executive remuneration, we are also active in other areas.
One...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
ASX 200 boards trail on gender diversity
Female directors make up at least 20 per cent of most boards in Australia, but not the boards of the top 200 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), where they account for just 8.7 per cent of directors.
That’s the finding of Women on Boards’ ...