Future Directors Podcast

After Paul Smith from the Future Directors Institute spent Season 1 interviewing successful board directors, the tables have been turned: now, Paul finds himself on the other end of the microphone. Anna Byrne interviews Paul about his upcoming presentation at a conference in Savannah, Georgia in the USA.   Paul is in the enviable position where he has many options that he COULD talk about during h...

Welcome back to the Boardroom Hustle podcast for Season 2. Boardroom Hustle is the only podcast dedicated to serving all types of board directors at every stage of their journey, all around the world. Whether you're aspiring to one day join a board, or you've just started your board journey, or you can confidently claim that you're an effective and innovative future director, this show is for you....

The Best of Season 1: "Disrupting the Status Quo" This episode makes the end of Season 1, which I'm retrospectively titling 'Disrupting the Status Quo'.   We'll be kicking off Season 2 in a couple of weeks. I'll be co-hosting this season with previous Anna Byrne (episode 5), and we'll be focusing on the FUTURE of the boardroom and the things that are coming on the horizon that will impact boardroo...

Geoff Hetherington is 'The Clarity CEO', helping business owners to de-clutter their ideas (and their lives) with his compassionate but no-nonsense approach. He is also a Chairman and an advisory board director to several Australian companies.   In this episode, we dive into topics such as: Being brutally selective with your focus and your energy The importance of having a regular 'reset' Advisory...

One of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face is authenticity, not least of all in the boardroom. This is a topic that my guest today knows all too well. Ronsley Vaz is the founder of the award winning Amplify agency, author of Amplify: Raise Your Voice, Boost Your Brand and Grow Your Business , and host of Bond Appetit - Australia's #1 food podcast. He's also the creator of the We Are Pod...

Anne-Marie Elias is a force of nature. Her title is 'Chief Disrupter' and she's spent three decades challenging the status quo and breaking down the cycle of social disadvantage. Disruption runs in her DNA. She's worked as an adviser to government ministers, in the NGO sector, in the private sector, and in the boardroom. Anne-Marie shows us that we need to realise that what we might think is 'the...

Dale Simpson is one of the Principals of Bravo Consulting, which is a blend of executive coaching, systems design, leadership and boardroom development, and operates across Australia and India. Dale was a suggestion from one of our previous Boardroom Hustle guests, Alison Rowe.   In this episode, we dive into topics such as: Shifts in our mentalities The search for more meaning in our work The dif...

Raph Goldsworthy is the Managing Director of 'Better Boards', an organisation that provides professional development around being a board director. Raph is someone who has had very little interest in actually sitting on boards himself, but understands the power boards have on shaping the future. He feels he isn't personally suited to the boardroom, but has been instrumental in impacting boards thr...

Penelope Twemlow has a lengthy list of positions and accolades. Just a few include: CEO, Energy Skills Queensland Project and Change Manager, Glencore Co-Founder and Chairperson, Women In Power Ambassador, White Ribbon Australia 2016 Queensland Telstra Businesswoman of the Year (Social Enterprise & Not-For-Profit) 2016 APAC Insider CEO of the Year   Penelope spent almost 11 years in the Australian...

Anna Byrne specialises in solving complex people problems and shaping mindset decisions and behaviours. She is a Partner at Neuro Power group and is a strategic advisor to boards and CEOs. Anna began her own board career at the age of 17 when she joined the United Nations Youth Association.   Anna has always been fascinated by how humans operate, and she brings a combination of neuroscience and be...

Alison Rowe is the CEO of the Moreland Energy Foundation and the inaugural Chairwoman of the Future Business Council, among other Executive and Non-Executive Board Directorships. Having started her working life in the Navy and finding herself driving warships at the age of 22, Alison brings a strategic approach to the organisations she is involved with.   From an early age, Alison learned the bene...

Episode four of Boardroom Hustle is a powerful one. My guest today is an old friend, Claire Maloney. Founder and director of The Bravery, chairperson of the charity One Girl, proud feminist and advocate for total diversity, Claire is relentless in standing up for the things she's passionate about. In today's episode, we discuss those passions, and how they've driven her to succeed.   In the show,...

This episode of Boardroom Hustle covers a wide variety of different topics. My guest, Alan Jones, and I get into things like EQ, IP and everything in-between. Alan is an entrepreneur, investor, board director and startup mentor, and he sheds some light on the life-changing moments he's experienced throughout his journey: the relationships between startup founders, investors and the boardroom. He a...

For anyone who has ever been told, 'You're too young to do that…' then you need to listen to this latest episode of Boardroom Hustle. My guest this week is Parrys Raines, whose resume reads like someone decades older than her 22 years. Parrys has led a remarkable life thus far, taking on various roles such as law student, international speaker, writer, blogger, business owner and board director, a...