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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2007
Charles Beelaerts examines how businesses can sharpen their staff retention artillery in the current war for talent.
Battle plan for keeping staff
At the present time in Australia, there are record low levels of unemployment and employees are in a strong position when it comes to negotiatin...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2007
IT assets need managing
A national survey of 1,800 Australian small and medium businesses (SMEs) has found nearly half do not have a system in place for managing their IT assets, costing thousands of dollars each year in depreciated values, residuals on leased equipment and ‘missing’ parts.
The surv...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2007
The Federal Government’s WorkChoices policy has resulted in a major shift in workplace relations in Australia. As
Domini Stuart discovered, while the policy does not specifically mention directors’ duties, there is a need for directors to be informed on this issue.
What directors need to...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2007
Selecting and appointing a CEO is one of the most important tasks directors may undertake during their term of office. Choosing the right person is critical to the success of the organisation. Nichola Clark identifies the qualities that are likely to make an outstanding CEO.
Appointing the rig...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2006
News & Views
Confusion still surrounds Work Choices
Many employers are hesitating to implement Work Choices as human resource managers to understand the new system, and there is a fear of losing staff in a tight labour market.
Nichola Constant, senior associate at legal f...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
With the Federal Government in control of both houses of parliament introducing new policy is relatively straightforward – but implementing these policy initiatives required a more efficient and results-focused public service. Kevin Forde reports.
A gateway to improved public sector outcomes
W...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2006
Directors need to ask numerous probing questions of their finance team and auditors if they are to sign off with confidence on a company’s financial statements. Kevin Forde reports.
Do the numbers add up?
The introduction of the Australian equivalent International Financial Reporting Standard...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Phil Ruthven outlines why the challenge is for business to understand the younger generation’s freer spirits in structuring their organisation into a more virtual company than a multi-tiered ‘old-style’ corporation.
Changing attitudes require different structures
Australia enters the 2006/07 f...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Ralph Kerle recommends that businesses adopt a more artistic way of thinking in order to extract full value from their most valuable asset – their staff.
Creative solutions to business problems
Most businesses, governments and statisticians use words such as productivity, efficiency, and effec...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2006
The director’s role in organisational culture
Phil Ruthven argues that in the new sellers’ market for labour companies will need to revise their corporate culture.
Leaders of organisations have long used the term morale, be they corporate, military, social or political. These days, the term o...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
The Wisdom of a Winner
Lynette Glendinning’s passion for working with boards and directors on complex and diverse issues and developing successful outcomes has turned into a very successful business as Derek Parker reports
‘Working with people and getting people to work together to sha...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
Employee Share PlansGetting it right the first time
Having equity in the company for which you work has become increasingly popular and it certainly eases shareholder concerns when they have a non-binding vote on remuneration for senior executives. As Owen Thomas reports, employee share plan...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
Making Better Directors in the Smart State
Since its inception in 1990 the Queensland division has been committed to producing better directors as the state’s economy has grown and diversified
The early Dutch explorers found the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York but it was Captain Jame...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2005
Making human capital work as a boardroom issue
Boards scrutinise the way in which money is spent within the corporation but what about the human capital that is either mis-spent or wasted? Leo D’Angelo Fisher reports
It’s a well worn mantra: people are a company’s most valuable asset. ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2005
The key to more effective boardsisn’t given in the rules
The greatest challenges boards face is the way people engage with each other in the process of doing what has to be done, not the tasks themselves, says Sarah Cornally*
When people come together in a group there are a lot of forces at play. Th...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2005
Creating a résumé for the Director’s Register
The new Directors Register software has been receiving great interest from those looking to appoint new directors, so it is the perfect time to ensure your résumé will help win a board appointment. The software performs sophisticated contextual searches ...