by Matthew Worthington-Smith | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog
Rob Worthington-Smith with Bruce Whitfield 12 June 2018 In this podcast, Rob Worthington-Smith talks to Bruce Whitfield about how leadership maturity, or lack thereof, is revealed in annual reporting. FarSight rates the maturity of leadership (and conversely,...
by Matthew Worthington-Smith | May 7, 2018 | Blog
By Rob Worthington-Smith November 2014 The IIRC’s proposed assurance model for Integrated Reporting, while aiming to promote behaviour and actions that create value, may actually perpetuate the corporate tendency to tick boxes and legitimise the general trend...
by Matthew Worthington-Smith | May 7, 2018 | Blog
By Rob Worthington-Smith 7 May, 2018 In an article in Business Day (Providers of index trackers need to verify companies’ free float), Johny Lambridis, portfolio manager at Prudential Investment Managers, shows how company managers can manipulate a company’s free...
by Matthew Worthington-Smith | May 2, 2018 | Blog
By Rob Worthington-Smith 30 April, 2018 BEE became B-BBEE as the South African government grappled with what it means to empower the previously disempowered. Even defining exactly who is the most deserving of empowerment is difficult to define and various industry...
by Matthew Worthington-Smith | May 2, 2018 | Blog
By Rob Worthington-Smith 30 April, 2018 Writing in the Business Day, 30 April, 2018, Patrice Rassou reflects on the decline of leadership morality in the private sector. Examples given include: Grand larceny by Steinhoff CEO Resilient Tiger Brands Imperial Usually,...
by Matthew Worthington-Smith | May 2, 2018 | Blog
By Rob Worthington-Smith 30 April, 2018 Boards need to make strategic decisions about how to employ financial capital in the best interests of their shareholders, employing the company’s business model (or indeed modifying it if necessary) to build the value of all...
