Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Deb Verhoeven about her recent research into gender equity and ASX300 boards. Deb Verhoeven is Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and Cultural Informatics at the University of Alberta. Prior to this position she was Associate Dean of Engagement at UTS. An agitator, commentator and critic, Deb is a longstanding advocate and leader in academic-community engagement. In 2013 she was recognised as Australia’s most innovative academic ...
Nov 08, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Gabrielle Dolan about story-telling for board members. Gabrielle has previously been on the boards of IABC Asia Pacific and International Women's Forum - IWF - Victorian chapter. She is an international keynote speaker and author on storytelling and real communication. Her career highlight was meeting Barack Obama while I was delivering storytelling training for the Obama Foundation. Links and Resources Gabrielle Dolan - site and ...
Nov 01, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Suzanne Brown about the importance of story-telling for board members. Almost straight out of school Suzanne talked her way into a job at the ABC, where she worked on everything from kids shows, news and current affairs, documentaries, drama and arts programs. Since the ABC, she’s been producing, writing and editing stories for industry, corporate, magazines, blogs, not-for-profits, and social impact projects. Suzanne loves the power of ...
Oct 25, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast I get asked all the time about becoming a Fellow of the AICD. It allows you to put the letters FAICD after your name, and has a whole host of other benefits. I encourage all who are eligible to apply for this if you can – and to help you out I go through the legibility criteria and process right here. What is AICD AICD is a founding member of the Global Director Development Circle, now known as the Global Network of Directors Institutes. GNDI is composed of membership organisations for dire...
Oct 18, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Stacey Williams about Recognition Matters – what it is and why it’s important. Stacey manages the Recognition Matters campaign at Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria. Less than one-third of nominations in Australia’s Honours system are for women. This means fewer awards go to women. Men have consistently received around 70% of the awards since the Order of Australia began in 1975. Men have also received more awards in th...
Oct 11, 2022•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Julie Hyne about the relevance and importance of dressing for success in a post-pandemic world (if we are there yet?). Julie is former has recenlty steped down from the board of the Association of Image Consultants International - Australia Board as Secretary. Julie Hyne is an experienced and Certified Image Consultant who helps senior executive women learn how to dress for boardroom success so that they always look great and are recognised i...
Oct 04, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robyn is a practitioner advisor and published author in corporate governance, board operations and board effectiveness. She has worked across listed and government entities, financial services and health, and she's passionate about what great governance can do for our society and economy. She was also previously on a board of a very small theatre company. For those of you that are listening who have done board the Board Kickstarter, Robyn will be very familiar to you. Because not only is her boo...
Sep 27, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicola Nye talks about what boards need to know about data privacy and governance. Nicola is on the boards of Fastmail, and Correggio Advisory Group and is chair of Tech Diversity Lab. She has previously been the chair of a scouting group committee. Nicola serves as Fastmail's Chief of Staff covering all areas of the company's operations, from overseeing their compliance and legal responsibilities to managing complex projects with external partners to building a more effective internal culture a...
Sep 20, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melanie Ho's first board was as a 27-year-old graduate student in 2006, when she chaired the board of directors for the Associated Students at UCLA, a $75 million campus business with 1300 employees. Today, Melanie is the author of ' Beyond Leaning In - gender equity and what organizations are up against ' a unique award winning business book written as a novel. Beyond leaning in explores a wide range of professional dynamics in a fictionalized company, including between the CEO Deborah and her ...
Sep 13, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast This August's Take on Board Breakfast featured Jillian West who introduces the basics of cultural competency of working with and being respectful of the culture of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations. She introduces the three pillars of aboriginal culture and outlines welcome to country and acknowledgment of country ceremonies. Jillian from Nomuckerlener has worked extensively in the Indigenous space for 20 years and is strongly committed to working alongside community ...
Sep 06, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cynthia Mahoney talks to us about Emotional Capital Reports and how they might be of value in the boardroom. Cynthia was previously on the boards of Australasia Pacific extension network, and Northeast Rural Financial Counseling Service. Today Cynthia is a facilitator, coach, mentor, speaker and author with a passion for personal disruption, neuroscience, positive psychology, and well being. Her mantra. taken from the latest neuroscience research is that happier people are higher performing, and...
Aug 30, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Joyce Cacho about leveraging business operations, intrapreneur experience, for governance and risk oversight as a board director. Joyce is on the boards of Sunrise Banks, N.A .; World Benchmarking Alliance . She was formerly on the Board of Land O'Lakes, Inc. Joyce is a Corporate board director with regulated industry experience, where she builds on intrapreneur, C-suite leadership roles in Banking and Manufacturing. Resources How Women Lead ...
Aug 24, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Julia Cookson about board dynamics and culture. Julia is on the boards of Connect Health and Project Respect . She was formerly on the board of Lorne Community Health. Julia has a portfolio career. Her revenue streams include interim executive roles, Advisory work and Directorships across Government, NFPs and community services. She started her career in HR and has built out across finance, governance and risk and guiding businesses th...
Aug 16, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the take on board podcast, I'm speaking with Karen Tisdell, about LinkedIn and what board directors need to know about using LinkedIn for networking and being visible to board searches. Many of you already know that I'm a fan of LinkedIn, today, you'll get to hear from somebody else about why it's important. Karen says: "I started using LinkedIn in 2005, I was an early adopter, using LinkedIn to headhunt for people and went on maternity leave was a bit bored, had an argument with my hus...
Aug 09, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kate is the Chair of two organisations - AusCam Freedom Project (an anti-trafficking charity) and Australasian Birth Trauma Association . She’s also a board member at Physiotherapy Board of Australia and Corryong Health and a Councillor, AICD ACT Divisional Council . She’s also the Chair of Amnesty International Australia's Nominations Committee (and in the process of joining Governance Committee for Fred Hollows Foundation ). She was formerly the Vice Chair of Amnesty International Australia. K...
Aug 02, 2022•31 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Shweta Maniar about how she networked her way to the board room, including non-traditional roles and background and how that can bring diversity of experience, thought and decisions to the boardroom. Shweta is on the boards of Seaspine (NASDAQ: SPNE ), a global spinal technology company, and for RXSight (NASDAQ: RXST ), an ophthalmic medical technology company. Shweta brings an extensive network of established healthcare system relationships ...
Jul 26, 2022•30 min•Ep 159•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Pauline Vamos about the 2021 Board Diversity Index recently released by the Governance Institute of Australia. Pauline Vamos, is deeply experienced in broad financial services in the listed, commercial and not for profit space as a non-executive director and Chair. She is currently Chair of Interaction Disability Services Limited, Governance Institute of Australia and Moneytech Group Ltd as well as a NED of the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO),...
Jul 19, 2022•34 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Alissa Hsu Lynch about her journey to corporate board service – how she landed her first public board seat and what’s it been like to serve as a first-time director. Alissa is a health technology executive who leads Global MedTech Strategy for Google Cloud, following a successful career at Johnson & Johnson. She’s a Board Director of Pulmonx Inc., a Governing Trustee of American Ballet Theatre, and a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Instit...
Jul 12, 2022•30 min•Ep 155•Transcript available on Metacast Hello fabulous take on board community and welcome to this special third birthday celebratory episode of The Take on Board Podcast! In this episode, we do two things. Firstly, we'll open with some of the words from the Take on Board community at our third birthday party. Then in the second part, we'll get into some of my reflections on governance– prompted by my recent trip to the Northern Territory. Yes, governance reflections on a hike. I truly am a governance nerd. From this episode: NAIDOC C...
Jul 05, 2022•43 min•Ep 157•Transcript available on Metacast Last week we heard fascinating and incredibly practical and valuable advice from Tara Anderson on governing for profit and purpose. As always at the Take on Board Breakfasts, there was a lively Q&A session. That's what you will hear this week, including some questions we didn't have time to get to at the event. I have no doubt you will find it just as valuable as Tara's words of wisdom from last week. From this episode The Dragonfly Collective - an international consultancy supporting for-pu...
Jun 28, 2022•25 min•Ep 154•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s podcast was recorded at the second Take on Board Breakfast event on 3 May 2022. Breakfast guests heard from Tara Anderson of the Dragonfly collective. We talked about governance for profit and purpose, and purpose is the part to emphasize there. Many of the Take on Board Community are involved in the governance of a range of organizations, and my view is every organization, especially not for profits need to be financially sustainable. Tara has some incredible and practical wisdom to sha...
Jun 21, 2022•35 min•Ep 153•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Helle Bank Jorgensen about her new book Stewards of the Future: A Guide for Competent Boards. This is the subject of the next Take on Board Book Club - a relaxed Zoom conversation with adult drinks and casual conversation for just 12 people on the 26th July at 7pm Eastern Australian Time. Early bird tickets available until 28th June. Helle is the CEO and Chair of Competent Boards and a Board member of the Danish Canadian Chamber of Commerce. ...
Jun 14, 2022•33 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Sarah Morse about the Modern Slavery Act and its requirements for boards. Sarah is a former (NSW) Young Australian of the Year, she draws on 20 years as a nurse and humanitarian to bring a uniquely global and deeply human perspective to the way humans think, work and behave. Most recently, Sarah worked as a Health Advisor in a safe house in Spain for survivors of human trafficking. On returning to Australia, Sarah and her husband Stephen saw ...
Jun 07, 2022•33 min•Ep 151•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Victoria Crane about the Board Observership program. Victoria is the Treasurer of Regional Arts Victoria and the Secretary for The Learning for Life Autism Centre. With a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Victoria originally practised as a corporate solicitor before transitioning across to banking, holding various positions in ANZ's Institutional Bank. Family circumstances necessitated a career change leading her to the not for pro...
May 31, 2022•31 min•Ep 150•Transcript available on Metacast In September 2021, Carly joined the board of South West Community Foundation, a philanthropic trust created by the people of South West Victoria, funded by donations from the region, with the goal to provide small but vital grants to community organisations across the region. She is the Co-Founder and Project Manager of City2Country - an innovative project assisting migrants and refugees to relocate from the cities to south west Victoria to build resilient, diversified and sustainable intercultu...
May 24, 2022•28 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Sandy Hanson-Wolff about unconventional boards. First, let me tell you about Sandy. Sandy is on a University Board and an advisory board for ITL labs, a large training platform for entrepreneurs and leaders. She was previously on the development board for a monastery and an economic development board for many years. Sandy has owned her speaking, coaching and consulting business for decades. She has managed several turnarounds in times of extr...
May 17, 2022•30 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast Today, I'm speaking to Micaela Drieberg about how being on a local council compares to being on a board. Micaela is a director of South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network and Connect Health & Community. She's previously chaired the board of governance for Women's Health East . She has over 20 years of experience in public health, education and community engagement, and has previously served as mayor and a ministerial adviser. In addition to this role, she is also a teaching associate a...
May 10, 2022•30 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, we are doing an On Air Strategy session looking at first steps into the board room with Mallory Pehm. Mallory has an education and background in public health, and is currently in the early stages of her career, currently working in strategy and planning at a public health service in Victoria. She has been involved through that role in organisational strategy development, implementation and performance measurement. Mallory has always been interested in pursuin...
May 03, 2022•33 min•Ep 149•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Zivit Inbar about leading organizational culture from the top and shielding from biases in the boardroom. Zivit is on the boards of rural Northwest Health and a member of Standards Australia AI trustworthiness and governance committees. She is also a member of the Harvard Alumni entrepreneurs leadership team in Australia. Zivit is also the founder and CEO of Different Thinking, a consulting practice that specializes in people culture, leaders...
Apr 26, 2022•33 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast welcome to part two of this series which is a recording of a live Take on Board event with Marianna O’Gorman. If you haven’t already listened to part one, it might be an idea to take a listen to that one first. There’s a link in the shownotes. In this episode, Marianna gives us an excellent overview of what climate governance is all about, why it’s important, and 10 tips for us to take into the boardroom. As is always the case at these events, there’s a lively Q&A section. This episode is th...
Apr 19, 2022•27 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast 
