Most boards assume influence follows authority. But many organisations operate without legislative backing, regulatory powers, or formal recognition. …
What are the strategic implications of Artificial Intelligence not-for-profits: Its transformative efficiencies as well as its emerging threats? A …
Articles on Governance and Leadership in Purpose Driven Organisations.
Governance
Governance Training for Non-Profit Boards
Governance is a leadership process, and to function effectively, individual board members and boards as a whole, should have a clear understanding not only of their governance roles and …
Better Boards
Legal
Political Lobbying and Your Charitable Status
Almost a year to the day after the Word Investments case, the ATO has suffered another loss in the High Court of Australia. This time, in the case of Aid/Watch Incorporated v Commissioner of Taxation, …
Joanne O'Brien
NFP Crisis Management – Well Whadya Know
I was called in recently by a small not for profit CEO to help out with what we lawyers call some ‘crisis management’. The organization was being pursued by Fair Work Australia for some breaches of …
Brian Herd
Application of Federal Workplace Laws To Nonprofits
As a result of the referral of power by most States to the Commonwealth over industrial matters as of 1 January 2010, most not for profit organisations are now covered by Federal workplace laws. Until …
Management vs Governance – It’s Not That Easy
During our education on governance and directorship we are taught that “directors govern and managers manage”. The analogy of steering versus rowing is often used to describe the delineation of roles …
Dianne Ball
