Take on Board

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga’s speaking with Corrinne Armour about fearless leadership in the boardroom and from the other side of the board table and executive perspectives. Corrinne is the former Deputy Chair of Wintringham and a founding chair for the Torch Project where she helped the organisation move from a project auspiced by the not for profit to an independent structure. She'...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Zoe Wainer about being an effective board member, governance challenges and in particular about value based health care. Zoe is the chair of the board of Dental Health Services Victoria and also a board member of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation. She was formerly on the boards of the AMA Victoria and Tobacco Free portfolios. She is...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Jennifer Duncan about women leadership and how imposter syndrome sometimes holds us back from seeking roles such as directorships. Jennifer is Deputy Chair of Justice Reinvestment, South Australia, Deputy Chair of the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia and a member of the Living Stories advisory board. She was formerly on the South Austra...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Ruth McGowan about getting elected to government, after all, local, state or federal governments are just another form of Board. They’ll be talking about the governance challenges in elected positions, how to get elected, office politics and more. This interview was recorded in late 2019. Since then, Australia has been in the middle of a feroci...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga talks with Nicola Pero about bushfires, board obligations in considering climate risk, and the balance of operational versus strategic in times of crisis. Nicola is a Gippslander and a board member of Destination Gippsland and Food and Fibre Gippsland. She has a lot to share with us since Gippsland has been at the center of one of the devastating bushfires...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga talks with Henriette Rothschild about bushfires, climate change, emergencies and the impact that this has in the boardroom. Helga was in Adelaide during the Christmas period. During that time, the Adelaide Hills experienced devastating fires. Two people died and others were injured. More than 80 homes were lost, as well as about 500 outbuildings, hundreds...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga brings you 20 board tips to take into 2020. In doing so, I acknowledge my good friend Jackie Cooper who helped me bring this together – there’s no way I would have been able to pull out all the key themes and my favourite bits as it would be a bit like having to choose your favourite child. I love all of it! So Jackie was key in pulling this together. So l...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga reflects on 2019 and provides some tools for you to do the same. Reflection has popped up in many of Helga’s Take on Board conversations, so it’s only fitting that in this final episode before a two week pause that Helga outlines an exercise for you to incorporate this into your life. But don’t just stop at reflection, look ahead to what you want to accomp...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Dr Dominique Hes is back for another on air coaching session. Helga has spoken with Dominique on two separate occasions. Once they covered preparing an application for a board role. Next, they tackled the interview process and how to present yourself with confidence. Well, Dominique has returned to give us an update - how did the interview go and did she land a...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga talks with Alex Newton. Helga and Alex talk discuss human rights and business and what directors need to know and what to ask. Alex is a lawyer and specialist in business and human rights. She consults with corporations, governments, and non-governmental organizations on a wide range of matters relating to responsible business, human rights, anti discrimin...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga talks with Rachel Alembakis. Rachel is a journalist with over 20 years of experience. One of her areas of expertise is looking at how corporate governance links with impact investment. And how the flow of environmental, social and governance analysis (ESG) analysis can help to mitigate risk and can help provide long term investment return. During her conve...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga talks with Clare McCartin Clare is the Group General Manager of Executive and Boards at Davidson Recruitment. Clare has the insights from the other side of the interview table. She takes Helga through the board recruitment process. One thing Clare is a fan of, using your network. You never know who you know, who knows someone who can make an introduction....

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Linda White. Linda describes herself as having done heaps, she rarely says no, and she firmly believes you are never to old learn new things. She's on the National Executive for the Australian Labor Party, the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the National Executive of the Australian Services Union. And she's also on the board...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga chats with Kellie O’Callaghan about governance challenges and one of her passions, putting consumers at the heart of governance and how boards can respectfully engage with community stakeholders. We’re looking at you social media. The conversation between Kellie and Helga will also touch on the importance working through the uncomfortable topics around the...

Today on the Take on Board podcast Helga chats with Sheena Watt about how to get on a board and about cultural isolation in the boardroom. Sheena, a proud Yorta Yorta woman, is a board member of Vic Health, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Progressive Public Health Australia, the Victorian Council of Social Services, otherwise known as VCOSS, and Women's Health Victoria. She's also the execu...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Fiona Williams. Fiona is a board member of the Great Ocean Road Health board and was previously the Chair of Bethany Board of Management. She's the child safe volunteering hub project lead at Australian Volunteers International and has worked in the international development sector as a child protection safeguarding specialist for over 15 years....

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga speaks with Jane Kennedy. Jane is on the board of UN Youth Australia and describes herself as a perpetual uni student social change advocate and believer in the transformative power of passionate young people. Through her work in the youth participation and international development space, Jane empowers young change makers with the opportunities, resources...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Dr Dominique Hes is back for another on air coaching session. Remember a few weeks ago, Dominique was preparing an application for a board role - well she landed an interview. So Helga is having another chat with her to run through some interview preparation tips and tricks. Number one tip - research. But there is so much more these two cover in their chat. Toda...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Zora Artis. Zora is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), on the Asia Pacific regional board. She was formerly on the ABC international executive board from 2016 to 2019 and Zora served on the IABC Victorian chapter board. Zora is the CEO of Artis Advisory a strategic advisory practice focused on helping cl...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Michelle Gibbings. Michelle is a change leadership and career expert. She's the author of Step Up - How to Build your Influence at Work and Career Leap - How to Reinvent and Liberate Your Career. Michelle is obsessed with unlocking high impact choices to accelerate meaningful progress. She's enabling a new breed of leader one that's fit for the...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga will be speaking with Jo Plummer. Jo is an experienced board chair, professional mentor, expert facilitator, master of ceremonies, fairness and equity champion. Her sweet spot is aligning commercial, social and environmental outcomes. Jo is the Board Chair of Barwon Water and Victoria Water, chair of the South Melbourne Market Advisory Committee, Geelong R...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Christina Liosis. Christina was until recently on the board of the Royal Women's Hospital (RWH) with Helga and this conversation takes place just after Christina’s final Audit Committee. She is leaving the Board of the RWH as she has come reached her maximum term. But before she goes, she and Helga have a fabulous conversation about a range of t...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Sandy Bell. Sandy is the chair of the Queen Elizabeth Centre and Early Parenting Centre. She was previously a board member at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust, YWCA Victoria and YWCA Australia, Social Housing Victoria and Bass Coast Health. Sandy holds over 25 years experience in the health and human services industry, initially as a clin...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga will be speaking with Amber Roberts. Amber is a non executive director of Greenpeace, Australia Pacific. And she's also the chair of the nominations committee. Amber is the manager of PwC Indigenous Consulting, and formerly worked with the Australian Human Rights Commission, Reconciliation Australia and the Diversity Council of Australia. The Take on Board...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga interviews Anita Roper. Anita has over 30 years experience in senior management roles working with business communities government and multilateral agencies in Australia, Canada, UK and the USA. Her executive career spans the private and public sectors, including Chief Executive Officer at Sustainability Victoria and Global Director of Sustainability with...