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22.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Insights from the Take on Board Breakfast: Research on board composition and decision making with Jo Smith. Today on Take on Board, Helga shares her conversation with Jo Smith. This chat was part of the November Take on Board Breakfast event. Jo Smith joined Helga to talk about her research report, New Zealand Boards and Frontier Firms. She shares some lessons from the research around board composition and strategic decision making. Jo is an economist b...y training. She specializes in Applied Research and Analysis, particularly qualitative and mixed method studies. She spent much of her career as a consultant, first at the New Zealand Institute of economic research. And then with Sapir, a research group. She has considerable experience in program evaluation for clients in the government, private and community based sectors and across the Pacific. Jo is now a principal advisor at the New Zealand Productivity Commission, where she works on major inquiries into productivity related issues. There were several questions from women who are Board aspirants. If you are a Non Executive director (current or past board member), Helga is accepting applicants for the 2021 Board Accelerator program. This conversation has been edited, if you don’t want to miss any of the next conversation, register for updates from Helga. Thanks for listening and sharing! https://pod.fo/e/a7e25 #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

21.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop on Wednesday - Linda White shares some of her insights of the largest corporate collapses in Australian history. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

21.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Top down: setting the diversity agenda with Elana Rubin. Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking to Elana Rubin about diversity and culture. Elana is on the boards of Afterpay Ltd, Telstra Ltd, Slater & Gordon Ltd, and several unlisted government entities. She’s previously been on the boards of AustralianSuper, Mirvac, ME Bank, WorkSafe Victoria, TAC.... Elana started her career in social policy and industrial relations at the ACTU before moving to superannuation, where she was the investment director for a large industry super fund. She then moved into non executive director roles working across a wide range of sectors. She is a strong believer in organisations with purpose and in social licence to operate. Her interests include social policy, social equity, travel and cinema. Elana has been making the most of lockdown and streaming some interesting shows, you’ll want to hear some of her suggestions. Thanks for listening and sharing! https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-61-elana-rubin #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

19.01.2022 If you're on a board, and want a supportive group of women around you, get in touch and I'll put you on the wait-list for the next Board Accelerator program. http://www.helgasvendsen.com.au//Board-Accelerator-group-c #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

19.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that dropped on Wednesday. Unpacking the NDIS and lessons you can apply to your board with Liz Kelly. Listen to the podcast here: https://pod.fo/e/a6928 #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

18.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop tomorrow - Boardroom diversity and allyship is more than ticking a box, with Tricia Malowney. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

17.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! What barrier? Getting more women in the boardroom with Jan Easton. Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Jan Easton about increasing women’s representation in the board room and her recent report Achieving Scale: Breaking Through Barriers for Female Founders. Jan is a founding member and Certified Chair of the Advisory Board Centre and she has served as Advisory Board Chair for several private organisations including a national hosp...itality franchise and marketing agency. Jan has extensive senior management experience in the franchise and professional services industries. Originally from the US, at just 21 years old, Jan became the General Manager of a global software company disrupting a traditional industry well before disruption was celebrated. Thanks for listening and sharing! https://www.podfollow.com/take-on-board #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

17.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop tomorrow - Can I get some help over here? Tips for putting together an advisory board with Louise Broekman. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

16.01.2022 It's #WomensHealthWeek aimed at encouraging women to take the time to focus on their health and wellbeing - so a great time to have a listen to Kellie O'Callaghan who encourages us to listen to women's voices - well, all consumers - for better health. Listen here: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-20-kellie-ocallagh #wellbeing #COVID19 #health

16.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Insights from the Take on Board Breakfast Linda White on distress signals boards should be on the lookout for. Today on the Take on Board podcast, things are a little different. A couple of weeks ago, people from around the world congregated on Zoom to meet, network, laugh and share insights with like-minded people as part of August’s Take on Board Breakfast. ... In a Take on Board first, Helga interviewed Linda White live for the breakfast participants. Following that discussion, Linda fields questions from the group. This is an edited version of those conversations. To make sure you don’t miss a moment of the networking and conversation, join Helga for the next event on September 29. Thanks for listening and sharing! https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-62-take-on-board-b #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

15.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Can I get some help over here? Tips for putting together an advisory board with Louise Broekman. Today on the Take On Board Podcast, Helga is speaking with Louise Broekman about the emergence of advisory boards, and why they are a growing area of work in portfolios. Louise is the founder and CEO of the Advisory Board Centre. Having had firsthand life changing experience with her advisory board in a previous business, Louise researched and tested the advi...sory board sector for five years prior to establishing the world's first professional body for the advisory board sector. Louise’s entrepreneurial spirit led her on an exciting career path, but when she realised she needed help, she called in reinforcements - and one of the people she signalled out for her first advisory board may surprise you - it surprised us! Thanks for listening and sharing! https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-63-louise-broekman #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

12.01.2022 Fabulous people ... I have a favour to ask ... Do you know anyone in NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TAKE ON BOARD? If so, could you share the podcast with them? Or invite them to this Facebook group? Or to the next Take on Board event? At the moment, we have more from North America in the Take on Board community than we do from New Zealand, and whilst our North American friends are very very welcome and they are amazing contributors to this group ... I kind o...f figure we should have a few more from our close neighbours too! I've put some links in the comments - to the podcast, the next event, to the Take on Board facebook group. You should be able to tag people if you think they might be interested! Thanks fabulous people!

10.01.2022 Join us for a special Take on Board event where you'll hear from Danielle Jacobs. In early August 2020, in collaboration with Drs. Peggy Kern from The University of Melbourne and Lindsey Godwin from Champlain College, The Wellbeing Lab surveyed more than 1500 Australian workers on how they’re coping during COVID times and how their employers and leaders may best support them both now and in the future. In this session we are going to share this hot off the press research so y...ou can make a positive difference for you, your teams and your organisations, no matter your role or where you’re starting. At the same time as we’ve all had radically unique experiences of the highs and lows of COVID life, the data suggests that we are also deeply connected and more similar than we may think in the ways in which we have been and continue to be impacted by the very changed world we find ourselves in (at work and at home), as well as the positive ‘levers’ we have to navigate our continually changing environment. Register here: https://www.trybooking.com/BLHEW *** LAST CHANCE - SUPER EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS CLOSE TODAY ***

10.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that dropped on Wednesday. Helga speaks with Louise Broekman about putting together an advisory board. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-63-louise-broekman #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

09.01.2022 For #WomensHealthWeek, listen to Julie Green who is on the board of Maldon Health Service. Julie encourages us to follow our passions to the boardroom. Listen here: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-41-julie-green #wellbeing #COVID19 #health

06.01.2022 It's #WorldTourismDay so it's a good chance to listen to the podcast with Nicola Pero about bushfires and climate change - the impact in the boardroom of a tourism organisation and agribusiness. Listen here: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-29-climate-change-2

05.01.2022 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Learning lessons by reflecting on your board practice with Lauren Harrell. Today on the Take On Board Podcast, Helga’s speaking to Lauren Harrell about getting on a board governance challenges. She has a great little reflection process about lessons learned that might be applicable to some of the people listening. Also Lauren shares some of the lessons she has learned from her lessons learned process. It’s all very meta, but really helpful! Lauren has ser...ved on a dozen advisory and nonprofit boards starting in her late 20s. She currently serves on an advisory board of a $12 billion publicly traded bank, as well as one of the Philadelphia's region's largest health and human services agencies. She is a qualified financial expert who builds and scales complex businesses through technology development. She is making the most of COVID, by choosing talking to people over emailing says it has been a real game-changer for developing relationships. Thanks for listening and sharing! https://pod.fo/e/a9231 #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

03.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that dropped on Wednesday - Helga speaks with Elana Rubin about setting the diversity agenda #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/episode-61-elana-rubin

02.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop tomorrow - What barrier? Getting more women in the boardroom with Jan Easton. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

02.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that dropped on Wednesday. Helga speaks with Jan Easton about getting more women in the boardroom. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.podfollow.com/take-on-board #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

02.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop tomorrow - Learning lessons by reflecting on your board practice with Lauren Harrell. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast

02.01.2022 Here's a snippet from the podcast that will drop tomorrow - Insights from the Take on Board Breakfast: Research on board composition and decision making with Jo Smith. #TakeOnBoard #TakeOnBoardPodcast