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Digitally enabling Internal Audit to create greater value

by David MacDonald | 16 November 2021

Many in-house and outsourced internal audit functions have operated in fundamentally the same manner for many years. This is not suggesting that it hasn’t or doesn’t add value, but we do ...

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Irrational Commitment to a Failing Course of Action

by David MacDonald | 1 March 2021

An irrational commitment to a failing course of action – how to be the smartest person in the room WARNING: this is not a story about giving up, it is a story about being smart and having strength. ...

Defying Economic UN Certainty

by David MacDonald | 18 November 2019

Downturns and recessions are a part of life but they do not have to signal dark times for business. With business and consumer sentiment levels low and continuing to decline, and the R word being used ...

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The New C Word is…

by Andrew Roberts | 8 November 2019

Caring is the new C word. Doing the right thing, the moral person and the moral manager leads purpose. Much has been written about leadership and its relationship to organisational performance. In com ...

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Consideration of Culture in the Boardroom

by David MacDonald | 7 November 2019

The results of a survey conducted during the recent AICD Essential Director update is demonstrating the changing nature of discussions about culture in the boardroom. We particularly like the growing ...

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Rebuilding Stakeholder Trust

by David MacDonald | 16 September 2019

The Trust Crisis In the aftermath of the Royal Commissions into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and Aged Care Quality and Safety, TRUST has been placed firmly ...

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Risk Performance in the Boardroom

by David MacDonald | 15 September 2019

Psychologists in the boardroom are putting the risk culture that exists amongst directors in some of Australia’s largest listed companies under the spotlight. It will be very interesting to see ASIC ...

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Creating a Successful Construction Leadership Program

by Andrew Roberts | 13 September 2019

The construction industry needs up-skilling in negotiation and cooperative practices, supervisory and management skills, according to the National Centre Vocational Education Research (2008). Also, a ...