In 2021 People Plus Science published the first Boardroom Psychological Safety Index/Benchmark and three years further on, not a lot has changed. …
Strong board governance is central to organisational effectiveness, accountability, and long-term sustainability. Across corporate and not-for-profit …
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The Fish Rots from the Head — Book Review
Bob Garratt’s The Fish Rots from the Head: Developing Effective Board Directors is an impassioned treatise on achieving effective corporate governance. Garratt offers an enthusiastic discussion of how …
Julia Duffy
The Australian Guide to Chairing Meetings — Book Review
Years of experience have shown that the most efficient way to transact the business of a meeting is to have a clear set of rules that ensure that every decision is made in accordance with democratic …
Financial Statements Demystified — Book Review
David Hey-Cunningham’s Financial Statements Demystified was written for business and non-profit leaders who have a limited formal understanding of financial statements and accounting principles. With …
Directors at Work: A Practical Guide for Boards
Directors at Work: A Practical Guide for Boards by Geoffrey Kiel, Gavin Nicholson, Jennifer Ann Tunny and James Beck is a substantive reference manual for all types of board directors. Directors at …
The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance – Book Review
The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance, published by the American organisation Boardsource, is designed as a one-stop resource on governance for leaders and leadership teams of non-profit organisations. …
Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards – Book Review
Richard T. Ingram’s Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards, Second Edition (2008) is a handy manual on the basics of board governance. The text is the first publication in the popular …
Driven by Purpose
Driven by Purpose: Charities that make the difference (2012) is a new book from Stephen Judd, Anne Robinson and Felicity Errington that considers the history of non-profit organisations in Australia …
The Book of the Board
David Fishel’s The Book of the Board: Effective governance for non-profit organisations, Second Edition (2008) is a comprehensive manual on all things relating to non-profit boards. The Book of the …
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 …
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