Institute of Directors in New Zealand

Disaster a cautionary tale to CEOs everywhere ~ 16/08/2010

Read Nicki Crauford's article (DominionPost, Monday 16 August 2010). Midway through the BP oil spill crisis the company’s CEO Tony Hayward made a comment about “wanting his life back”. He then took another wrong tack by taking a break to sail his yacht in the less than crystal clear waters of the Solent. This sparked more jibes about his competence as CEO, earning him the title Captain Clueless. read more

Tackling gender imbalance at board level ~ 5/07/2010

Read Nicki Crauford's article (DominionPost, Monday 5 July 2010). In a piece of corporate theatre Bruce Sheppard of the NZ Shareholders Association would be proud of, a group of women wearing fake beards stormed the podium at Veolia Environment’s crowded shareholders’ meeting in Paris last month to challenge Chairman Henri Proglio over the gender makeup of his overwhelmingly male board. read more

Keeping it in the family - and successful ~ 18/06/2010

Read Nicki Crauford's article (NBR, Friday 18 June 2010). Family companies are all around us. The figures speak for themselves. In New Zealand around 220,000 registered businesses, between them generating up to 80% of all employment and 65% of GDP are family operations of one sort or another read more

Christchurch lunch function with Marsh - guest speaker, Mr Peter Goodall ~ Canterbury ~ 10/09/2010

Alexander Pope told us that “To err is human, to forgive is divine”. Unfortunately, 250 years later it’s still the case that forgiveness is “not always economically feasible or legally required”. read more

Rotorua lunch function - guest speaker, Michael Stiassny ~ Bay of Plenty ~ 14/09/2010

Based on his experience as a Senior Partner of Korda Mentha and a high profile receiver in some of New Zealand’s largest insolvencies, Michael will address us on ‘The Universal Truths of Good Governance’. read more

Nelson Cocktail function - Setting a standard for directors ~ Nelson Marlborough ~ 23/09/2010

Recently the quality of governance in New Zealand has been under the spotlight and questions asked about what New Zealand business is doing to raise the standard of governance across the business spectrum. read more

Not-for-Profit Governance Essentials

This course is essential for those undertaking, or considering, directorship in the not-for-profit environment. Upcoming courses are scheduled for 28/9 in Christchurch and 9/11 in Hamilton. read more

Strategy Essentials

Unsure of your strategic role? Confused about your organisational strategy? The next course is scheduled for 18 November in Wellington read more

Effective Audit Committees

This IoD course introduces concepts such as risk management, risk policies and risk appetite and also reviews the roles and responsibilities of the sub-committee in the area of risk management. The next course is scheduled for 24 November in Christchurch read more

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