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Content Type:
Media Release
08 Mar 2011
Abstract:
Legislated quotas are not the way forward in improving the representation of women on Australian boards.
New requirements introduced by the ASX Corporate Governance Council, and programs introduced by the Australian Institute of Company Directors and other business groups to encoura...
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Content Type:
General
01 Jun 2010
Alexandra Moule
and
Timothy Stutt
provide three steps that could help boost diversity at board and senior executive levels.
Beyond the usual suspects
Three steps to boost board and senior executive diversity
Broaden your horizons: By considering the existing board mem...
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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’ ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
07 Dec 2009
New corporate governance guidelines aimed at encouraging greater diversity on boards and in senior management, announced today by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), were a welcome development, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).The proposed expansion of the ASX ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
AICD launches a new service to help directors find board positions.
Directorship opportunities
A new service to assist directors in finding their first board position or in expanding their portfolio of directorships has been launched by AICD.
Called Directorship Opport...
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Content Type:
Media Release
18 Nov 2009
A new service to assist directors find their first board position or to expand their portfolio of directorships has been launched this week by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Called Directorship Opportunities, the new service is open exclusively to around 25,000 individual AICD...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2009
The times they are a-changin’ and with them, so are the skills your CEO may need.
Giles Parkinson
examines the new phenomena at work in the CEO market.
Is your CEO right for the times?
Nobody in the corporate world needs to be reminded that these are challenging times. Economies ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
AICD will run its first
Company Directors Course
for Indigenous business leaders and directors in June this year.
Addressing needs of Indigenous directors
Across Australia, there are a large number of Indigenous directors of companies registered under the Corporations ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2007
Several experienced and emerging women directors discuss their views on why women are under-represented on Australian company boards with Helen McCombie.
Women on boards: are attitudes changing?
The results of the 2006 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Australian Censu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Selecting board members is more than simply appointing people with appropriate business skills – it is essential that the individual members can work effectively as a team. Katrina Clifford reports.
How to select a winning team
Among the movers and shakers of the business world, there are nota...
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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 ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
27 Jul 2005
Sydney, 27 July 2005: Australia has a very low incidence of multiple directorships, according to a study conducted by Competitive Dynamics for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), released today.The study, "Too many directorships?", reveals directors across ASX-listed companies hold...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2005
There may still be the occasional remnant of the old boys’ network when it comes to choosing new directors but increasingly being a director is a full time profession and there is an ongoing evolution regarding the people with the necessary skills to earn a seat at the table. Leo D’Angelo Fisher rep...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2004
In response to member feedback requesting a service to assist in finding board positions, AICD launched the Directors Register in September last year. Directors Register a great success
In response to member feedback requesting a service to assist in finding board positions, AICD launched the Direc...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2004
There was a time when tribal elders were revered but in the youth-is-everything culture of today the wisdom of experience gained over a lifetime is not as greatly valued. Graham Connelly* however promises there is life after 60 life begins at sixty
There was a time when tribal elders were revered ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2004
A board, like a house, needs solid foundations, but the evidence coming out of some of the recent boardroom problems such as the NAB suggest that some of these foundations are not well understood. Richard Leblanc* makes some suggestions on building a better board Building a better board
A board, li...
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Content Type:
Media Release
13 Nov 2003
Secret to good corporate governance revealed
The secret to good corporate governance revealed
The secret to good corporate governance is a healthy boardroom culture promoting open discussion, the opportunity to challenge, and full disclosure of relevant info...