Take on Board

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...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga will be speaking with Leonie Morgan A M. Leonie is a woman with a wealth of governance experience, which, coupled with her focus on gender equality and mentoring, means her wisdom is something you’ll want to hear. Her passion is seeing more women in decision making. This work was acknowledged by her inclusion on the Victorian Women's Honour Roll in 2007 an...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'll be speaking with Dr Sue Keay. Sue set up the world's first robotic vision Research Center, and she now leads CSIROs data 61 cyber physical systems program. Last year, she developed Australia's first robotics roadmap, highlighting how advances in robotics and AI will impact on every sector of the Australian economy. With a PhD in geo science and an MBA, Sue...

Today on the take on board podcast, we're doing something a little bit different. I'm having a what with the fabulous Dr. Dominique Hes. Dominique needs some help with an application that she is making for a board role. One of my passions is coaching women to help them achieve their board goals. Part of this is strategy sessions to guide people through application process or work through challenge...

Julie Bignell is the Deputy Chair of Care Super, Director of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, and a Director at Austin Health. She's formerly been a director of the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation, and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland. Julie's an experienced committee chair and she's chaired committees on risk corporate governance, member and community engagement a...

Llewellyn Prain is currently a Board member at Western Water, the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, the Public Transport Ombudsman, and the Disability Services Board. And she's previously been a Board member of Western Regional Health Centre and CoHealth. She's worked as a lawyer in senior strategy and policy roles and she's run her own business. Her zone of genius is in helping to develop and commu...

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'll be speaking with Michelle Shepherd about what it takes to get on a Board. We also talk about imposter syndrome, her ‘year of yes’ and how it led her to being on the Jane Goodall Institute of Australia Board. Michelle has a strong “don’t give up” attitude, and encourages you to find your tribe and encourage other women to also come on the journey. Let me tel...

Rachel is the chief Conservation Officer at the World Wildlife Federation, WWF Australia and past president of the International Zoo Educators Association, and former chair of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership. She also currently sits on the Parks Victoria Advisory Committee and the Zoo Wise Advisory Committee. In our discussion, we talk about being an effective board member: what time comm...

Sandra Loader is the chair of the Australian Beverage Council and a non-executive director of the Sports Environment Alliance and the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology. She's also a member of the Advisory Committee for the New South Wales Government container deposit scheme. She was previously a non-executive director of the Food Industry Association, and innovation start-ups suc...

Being on a Board can be an interesting, valuable and exciting experience. Yet it can also be lonely, challenging and hard. Here at Take on Board we will bring you weekly tips, tricks and advice to help you navigate your way on to your first or next board and to build you governance wisdom. It’s like having your own trusted advisers in your pocket. We’ll talk to women who have been there, done that...