Today on Take on Board, Brynn O’Brien shares her years of ESG insights with the Take on Board Community with a focus on climate change - the time to act was yesterday and this will help you help your boards get started if you haven’t. This presentation was part of August’s Take on Board Breakfast event. Brynn has tips on how to approach ESG, how to get buy in from the board and encourage them to start pulling together policies around ESG and climate change. You can access the presentation here ....
Aug 31, 2021•43 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Maali Khader about culture in the boardroom. Maali is a highly experienced, effective and trusted lawyer. She is also a leading regional expert in corporate governance and sustainability and the CEO of the Middle East Institute of Directors. In just 18 years, Maali’s career – which began as a legal advisor for a legal firm - has rapidly evolved to her position today as a luminary in the corporate governance, sustainability, training and advic...
Aug 24, 2021•26 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Cassandra Kelly about love and kindness in the boardroom. Businesses and leaders who dare to challenge the status quo and solve the most complex problems leverage Cassandra to accelerate their impact and to find the extra confidence required to make difficult and important decisions. Cassandra is the Chair of Treasury Corporation of Victoria, a Director of Pink Hope, Pottinger and EU Global Tech Panel. She has a long list of previous boa...
Aug 17, 2021•34 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Today, Helga is talking co-chairing of boards and committees and you’re just hearing from her She's been a fan of job-share for years … as long as it’s done well. And Helga thinks some of the principles of good job share could apply to board room roles such as Chairing the board or committees. So, today, get ready, she's going to talk about some principles for co-chairing and then talk you through a live example – when she was co-chair of an organisation - it wasn't perfect, but they did it! So ...
Aug 10, 2021•17 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Caitlin Siostrom about the risk oversight on not for profit and small organization boards and how to create meaningful risk appetite statements and policies that are fit for purpose, no matter your resources. Caitlin is on the board of Times Change Women's Employment Service and chair of the risk committee. Time Change is a women's run not-for-profit, providing employment opportunities for women in need. She is also a senior regulatory l...
Aug 03, 2021•35 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Sandra Sucher about trust between boards and the people they govern. Sandra is an internationally recognized trust researcher and professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. She studies how organizations build trust and the vital role leaders play in the process. Before joining Harvard, she was a business executive for 20 years, served on corporate and nonprofit boards, and has been Chair of the Better Business Bureau. A...
Jul 27, 2021•32 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Jennifer Dalitz about the diversity and inclusion in both the board room and the organisation, and the link between the two. Plus, they also touch on the relationship between risk and opportunity Jen is a non-executive Director of Qudos Bank and Surfing NSW, an Alumni Advisory Board Member to the UNSW Business School, and a NSW Divisional Councillor with CPA Australia.She is the former Chair and board member of Peer Support Australia. Sh...
Jul 20, 2021•35 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Dr Monique Beedles about the boards role in asset management. Monique has been on a long list of Boards previously, Asset Management Council, Connexion Technology for Business, QUT Faculty of Creative Industries Faculty Academic Board and the Health Quality and Complaints Commission of Queensland Monique is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a graduate of their Company Directors Course and Chair’s Course. Moniq...
Jul 13, 2021•32 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Maree McPherson about her journey into and out of the boardroom. Maree is the former Chair, Gippsland Regional Partnership and a former Member of Regional Development Advisory Committee Member and the Victorian Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) . Maree is a leadership coach, facilitator, and author. She writes about regional leadership and the contribution of regions to nations and is interested in how women lead in regional and ru...
Jul 06, 2021•30 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Anneli Blundell about how to influence with impact. Voted as one of YMag’s Top Ten Women to Watch in 2019, Anneli’s passion for decoding people and performance dynamics make her a sought after speaker, mentor and leadership expert. She makes the complex job of understanding why people do what they do (and how to get the best out of them), both accessible and entertaining. Anneli works with leaders to increase their influence, engagement an...
Jun 29, 2021•32 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast Today on Take on Board, Morgana Ryan is back with more strategy insights. This presentation was part of May’s Take on Board Breakfast event. Morgana has tips on how to approach board strategy, what to do to get buy in from strategy skeptics and where to start no matter the size of your organization. Morgana stuck around to answer even more questions from the women who joined the event. This is a selection of those questions. This podcast has been edited for time. If you want to ensure you don’t ...
Jun 22, 2021•22 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Today on Take on Board, Morgana Ryan shares her years of strategy insights with the Take on Board Community. This presentation was part of May’s Take on Board Breakfast event. Morgana has tips on how to approach board strategy, what to do to get buy in from strategy skeptics and where to start no matter the size of your organization. Morgana then fields questions from women who joined the event. There were so many amazing questions, a second podcast with just questions and insightful responses f...
Jun 15, 2021•45 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Sally Parrish about transitioning from exec to board work, making mistakes and learning from them. Sally has been in and around boards for almost 20 years, having served on a number of not-for-profit and community boards. She is an Executive and Business coach, the founder of the Board Coaching Institute and the author of 'The Essential Field Guide for Company Directors’. She’s had a curiosity with boards ever since my first 'board coach...
Jun 08, 2021•28 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga will be speaking with Amber Roberts. It's reconciliation week in Australia this week so we are repodcasting Helga's conversation with Amber, an Aboriginal woman from far north Queensland. Amber is senior manager at PwC Indigenous Consulting, and formerly worked with the Australian Human Rights Commission, Reconciliation Australia and the Diversity Council of Australia. The Take on Board Facebook group asked me to explore two questions. Firstly, whether a...
Jun 01, 2021•37 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, we’re doing something a little bit different. Helga is speaking to Jenni McNamara about managing the overwhelm of your digital mailbox. Jenni has worked in IT in multiple industries for over 30 years in multiple roles, in change, training and transformation projects. She has always been interested in productivity and efficiency and helping others find ways to work smarter rather than harder. We should also say that this podcast was on the recommendation of the...
May 25, 2021•28 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Margot Foster about being an effective board member and just check out this list of experience. Margot is on the boards of: Motorsport Australia, Sports Environment Alliance, Sports Integrity Australia Advisory Council and the Olympians Club of Victoria She’s previously been on the boards of Vicsport, Gymnastics Australia, PLC School Council, VicHealth, Australian Sports Commission, Sport New Zealand, Rowing Australia, Rowing Victoria, Mel...
May 18, 2021•28 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Repa Patel about Board leadership through disruption, using Appreciative Inquiry to engage the hearts and minds of their people and drive exponential growth. Repa is on the Board of, and the former Chair of, Multicultural Cente for Womens Health. She was formerly the Company Secretary to the State Library of Victoria Board. Repa is the author of “Elevate - a new path for leaders to navigate uncertainty”. She is a facilitator, executive coa...
May 11, 2021•32 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking to Denise North about the Women on Boards SX (WOBSX) program, and also about the current shift in society’s expectations of business. Denise is Chair of the Advisory Board for Catherine Henry Lawyers, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for the Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc and Chair of INSEAD Alumni Association Australia & New Zealand Limited and Streetwize Communications Limited She has previously been on the External Advisory Com...
May 04, 2021•26 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Elenie Poulos about her accidental journey to the boardroom. Elenie is on the boards of Uniting NSW/ACT and ANDI (Australian National Development Index). She was previously on the boards of ACOSS, Act for Peace and the Churches Refugee Taskforce. She has more than 20 years’ experience working in public policy, advocacy and government relations in the not-for-profit sector. She is an ordained minister in the Uniting Church in Australia and ...
Apr 27, 2021•25 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking to Deanne Weir about listing AI-Media during a global pandemic and we’ll also touch on some tips for working with CEOs as Chair. Deanne has a wealth of experience. In fact, her first board was Museums Victoria when she was in her 20s and she’s been on a roll ever since. Here is where you can find her. Commercial: Chair of Ai-Media (ASX code AIM), an ASX listed global provider of speech to text services, Chair of Seer Data & Analytics (tech...
Apr 20, 2021•27 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Kate Conneely about voluntary administration, what is it, what it can be used for, and why directors should consider it as part of their governance framework. Kate is a partner at KordaMentha and a registered liquidator. She bring over 13 years’ experience specialising in formal insolvency, restructuring and litigation strategy. In her role as Registered Liquidator, she, in effect, assumes the position of the board on each company to which...
Apr 13, 2021•32 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast Today on Take on Board, Hannah Browne continues to field questions from the Take on Board Breakfast event on cyber security. It’s chock full of tip, tricks and resources. This podcast has been edited for time. If you want to ensure you don’t miss an opportunity to network with amazing women, learn about board openings and gain insights to help you in your board roles or just life, join the Take on Board Community so you can come along to the next one - which will be May 25! Sign up below. Contac...
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast Today on Take on Board, Helga shares her conversation with Hannah Brown. This chat was part of the March Take on Board Breakfast event. Hannah joined Helga to present what boards need to know about protecting themselves and their stakeholders from cyber threats. Using the story of Maersk cyber attack, Hannah shares real tips of how to take action about these real risks. One key message - start today! Hannah then fields questions from women who joined the event. There were so many amazing questio...
Apr 06, 2021•38 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast Helga is speaking to Fiona Kerr about neuroscience and technology in the boardrooms. She’s particularly interested to talk about AI and how that might impact discussion in the boardroom. Fiona is the Deputy Chair of the Catalyst Foundation. Fiona researches, speaks and consults on a range of topics including the neuroscience of human-human and human-technology interaction, neurogenesis, and how good leaders create organisations that flourish. Her interest in th...
Mar 30, 2021•32 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Trish Hansen about purpose, culture, trust and diversity. Trish is on the boards of South Australia Living Artists Festival (SALA) and she established Kindred Australia. She was previously the President of the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, the Interim Chair of All Together Now and Director of the Australian Institute of Patient and Family Centred Care Trish is the Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. As a strategist and system...
Mar 23, 2021•27 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Cheryl Hayman about non-traditional skills and what directors with these bring and why are they needed for great governance and board effectiveness. Cheryl is on the boards of: Shriro Holdings Ltd, HGL Ltd, Chartered Accountants ANZ, Darlinghurst Theatre Co, Peer Support Australia and a member of the Digital Experts Advisory Committee and a HCF Councillor. Cheryl Hayman is an experienced ASX Non-Executive Director (NED), ASX Remuneration a...
Mar 16, 2021•30 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga recaps the Australian Institute of Company Directors conference. So here is what Helga heard during the two-day conference peppered with some of her thoughts on topics that were raised and things for you to think about - it was jam packed. You might also want to have a look at Helga’s Twitter feed ( https://twitter.com/helgasvendsen?lang=en ) from this period, she live tweeted most of the sessions that she attended and managed to remember the details. Th...
Mar 09, 2021•45 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Anne Wiberg about some challenges that not for profit board directors might experience. In particular, we'll explore putting together a skilled board, and she'll also give us some tips and tricks on being a good chair. Anne is the Chair of Music SA, an organisation committed to promoting, supporting and developing contemporary music in South Australia. She is also on the Board of Tutti Arts. She is the Head of Programming at Light Adelaide...
Mar 02, 2021•27 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Jessica Wallace about board composition. They’ll be discussing the key findings of the recent report "Many are called, few are chosen", a study on changes to the composition of ASX 300 boards - focusing on the non-executive pool - from 2006 to today. Jessica is a corporate governance analyst, first in the UK and then joining Ownership Matters in Australia in 2013 where she engages with and prepares research on ASX 300 listed companies. A O...
Feb 23, 2021•28 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Leesa Chesser about AICD chairs mentoring program and why advisory boards are a great way to build your portfolio career. Leesa is a Non-Executive Director, and mentor who builds and Chairs Advisory Boards for start ups, SME’s, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises to create value in the health and human services, infrastructure, defence and space industries. She is on the boards of Community Options Australia Sydney, Hen Hou...
Feb 16, 2021•30 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast 
