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What Does Good Governance Look Like?

The definition of Good Governance is akin to the definition of hard-core pornography offered by Justice Potter Stewart1 - we cannot define it, but we ‘know it when we see it’. The high levels of …

An Examination of Merger Success Factors

The major part of this article was drawn from the Masters in Business Research (with Honours) research dissertation of Indra Arunachalam, University of New England (2012). On the 20th of April 2012, …

Self-Assessment of Board Performance

A recurring theme in the nonprofit governance literature is the need for board performance assessments to be conducted regularly by non-profit boards. Some governance experts have developed approaches …

The Board and the CEO Relationship

The relationships between all stakeholders are essential to the overall health and wellbeing of an organisation. However, the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Board of …

Quotas and Cultures to Support Board Diversity

There’s lots of discussion around about quotas for women on corporate boards, and lots of questions about whether quotas are effective. At theYWCA, we have been operating with a quota for 20 years. …

So You Want To Be A Company Director – Book Review

Have you been asked to sit on a board or are you interested in becoming a board member or company director? Warren Tapp’s self published book So you want to be a Company Director is a new resource …

Conducting Panel Interviews

A short guide to putting together and conducting a panel interview for selecting a new chief executive officer for a non-profit organisation. Selecting the Panel Members In contrast to the private …

Is The iPad Invited To Your Board Meeting?

The arrival of the iPad at board meetings is welcomed by many. Its ability to quickly distribute documents, make annotations and generally support meetings in paperless format (usually via a secure …

Board culture: breaking bread and barriers

In our previous article, we wrote about developing a culture of learning and continual improvement on boards. An important part of encouraging the kind of openness and questioning that’s required for …

What Makes An Effective Board Member?

 The job of an effective board (with the CEO) is to set strategic direction and determine goals for the organisation. Their job is also to ensure that the organisation is run according to its …