Take on Board

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Sophie Gibbons about 'Navigating an economy under stress - learnings from working with distressed organisations'. Sophie supports organisations on their most ambitious and complex performance turnaround and transformation initiatives. Her role with KordaMentha Corporate means she works with Boards when significant value is at risk. Most rece...

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking to Jane Crombie about innovative way for boards to oversee culture. Jane is on the boards of Freemasons Board of Benevolence, an Anglican Schools Commission board, governance committees for PwC, AMA Qld, SecondBite, ImpaQt Qld, and a Fintech start-up Jane's background is in financial services. Her governance experience ranges from an outback bush nur...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Tricia Malowney about diversity, recognising women with a disability for their skills and talents, and becoming an ally. Tricia is President of Women with Disabilities Australia, Director at Scope Australia and Director Western Health. She has also recently been appointed to the NDIS Independent Advisory Council. The list of boards she has p...

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 hospitality f...

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 advisory board sector for five years prior...

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 t...

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 and TAC. Elana started her career in social policy and industrial relations at the ACTU befo...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Kate Badgery-Parker about what boards need to think about when considering marketing issues and making sure they stay in a strategic space. Kate is on the board of a Onemda and not for profit disability services provider supporting more than 200 adults with intellectual disabilities. She's also a member of the risk and compliance subcommitte...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Jenny Andersson about The role of boards in creating regenerative economies Jenny is on the Board of Coast to Capital, an organisation that seeks to ensure that their local towns and cities are known around the world as fantastic places to live. She is a creative strategist and trusted advisor who has worked with global brands, scale-ups and...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Michelle Gibbings about her new book, Bad Boss and about the relationship between the board and CEO, between the CEO and their direct reports and organisational culture and leadership. You might remember Helga interviewed Michelle last year about one of her previous books Step Up: How to Build Your Influence at Work . Michelle has just relea...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Rochelle Courtenay about being a founder of an organisation, board meetings and surrounding yourself with skills and strengths. Rochelle is Share the Dignity’s founder and Managing Director; the title she is most proud of though is ‘Pad Lady’. Rochelle has led a team of volunteers collecting around 2.5 million sanitary products across Aust...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking with Rachel Watson about diversity on boards and what that means to her and her organisations. Rachel is the CEO of Pacific Hydro and Chair of the Clean Energy Council. Prior to joining Pacific Hydro, Rachel worked as in-house counsel in Sydney and Melbourne for Orica Ltd, and spent three years in Japan working for a major turbine supplier. She...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Michele Ashby about board work and the responsibilities of chairing committees. Michele is on the boards of McEwan Mining and has previously been on the boards of Lake Victoria Gold, Lucky Strike Mining, Lithium X and Green Energy Corp. She was named one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in Colorado for 2019 and is the President and...

Today on the Take On Board Podcast, Helga is speaking with Maryanne Puli Vogel's about how she leveraged technology to better prepare new directors. Maryanne is passionate and inspired by the divergence of learning and technology. She is always looking to improve the way businesses and health institutions leverage and streamline their operations with new technologies. She's led and managed teams v...

Today on the Take on Board Podcast, in celebration of Take on Board’s first birthday, the microphone is turned towards Helga! She sits down for an across the world chat with producer, Buffy Gorrilla. Helga shares how she caught governance fever, her decision to leave law and what her hopes are for the podcast in year two. Spoiler: grow the community. So, be a Helga, use your joining gene and come...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Sara Faivre about social unrest, COVID-19 and the board's role in setting the tone. Sara has a background in agriculture and biotechnology, Her own transformative journey from the research lab to the boardroom has led to a career devoted to helping others integrate profit and purpose. Sara is a public and private company board director and busi...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, things are a little different. On May 20th, people from around the world congregated on Zoom to meet, network, laugh and share insights with like-minded people as part of the first Take on Board Breakfast. These are the highlights. Plus, you get to meet Claudia Fatone, who was one of the guest speakers at the event. Claudia is a board member of the Victoria Law...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, things are a little different. You will hear from Susan Staples, a governance and risk specialists with extensive experience in sustainability, health and NFP. She’s interested in how governance supports better risk management including supporting “better” decision making, i.e. decision making that takes into account a range of competing stakeholder interests. H...

Today on the Take on board podcast, Helga is speaking with Jan Molino about how getting on a board starts with you. Jan is on the Aging Life Care Association Advisory Board and is an active member of both the International Women's Forum and the DC chapter of International Women's Forum. She is also an emeritus member of the George Mason University Women in Business Advisory Board. Jan is the Presi...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Rhonda Brighton Hall about culture, diversity change and what makes a good chair. Rhonda is a director of Making Work Absolutely Human. And she writes and speaks for the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In fact, Helga heard her speak at the AICD Governance Summit and couldn't get near her afterwards because there was so many peop...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Dr. Melinda Muth about how effective relationships are built on effective conversations and how effective conversations are built on positive language. Melinda is on the boards of Harvard Club Australia Philanthropy and Curious Works and she has previously been on the boards of Indigenous Community Volunteers, Heart Kids New South Wales, Union...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Jocelyn Furlan. Jocelyn has returned to cover some of the topics she and Helga didn’t have time to get to in their first chat, such as governance challenges and the establishment of and her role on the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal Advisory Council. Her passion is an Australian community empowered and confident about their financial affair...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking with Babette Bensoussan about strategy and competitive intelligence. Babette is on the board of Volunteering Sunshine Coast, and she's formerly been a director of the National Australia Day Council, the New South Wales Board of Adult and Community Education and Eastside Radio. As a decision making maverick. Babette assists organisations to make...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga's speaking with Dr. Emily Moore about being an effective board member and the role of a board in a crisis. Emily is on the boards of Metrolinx, which is a provincial crown corporation providing regional commuter rail and bus services for Toronto and Chemtrade logistics, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed industrial chemical organization. She's also finishing...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is peaking with Jo-Anne Moorfoot about integrity governance. Jo-Anne explains what it is and why it's important. Jo-Anne is on the boards of the West Gippsland Healthcare Group and Best Chance Child and Family Services. With a career spanning over 30 years Jo-Anne has extensive experience in the health sector, with particular expertise in risk management,...