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Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Gina Balarin about her journey to the boardroom.Gina is on the boards of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), a UK-based organisation serving an international audience and ProjectDisplaced, an Australia-based organisation helping coach Australians out of work to get their mojo back.Gina Balarin is an inspirational TEDx and keynote speaker, storyteller and B2B marketing leader, who sits on the boards of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and ProjectDisplaced. She's an FAMI FCIM Chartered Marketer, with a Master's of education in management communication and a member of the Professional Speaking Association. The author of The Secret Army: Leadership, Marketing and the Power of People, she loves finding the essence of information and distilling it into meaningful communication that makes positive change happen. She is the Director of Verballistics, a Marketing Communications Consultancy.Links and ResourcesGina on LinkedInUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special Take on Board x Lead to Soar cross over episode, I was the guest on the Lead to Soar podcast and was interviewed by Michelle Redfern. She invited me to discuss strategy. My conversation with Michelle was part of the Lead to Soar - "How Women Can" web series.Do you know what strategy is?Do you know why strategy is set?Do you know why boards are interested in strategy?Can you describe the relationship between strategy and business outcomes?Being able to answer all these questions means you're likely to have strategic acumen.In this episode, Helga Svendsen FAICD and Michelle Redfern discuss Helga's experience from both sides of the boardroom table - as an executive and CEO as well as a Board Chair and Director, as well as provide practical advice about how women can build and demonstrate their strategic acumen.Links and ResourcesLead to SoarView the Strategic Planning Framework diagram as mentioned in this episode Michelle RedfernEpisode 133: Michelle Redfern takes lessons from the pitch into the boardroomUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week in Australia it’s National Reconciliation Week.So, today, I'm covering the following:Talk about NRW 2023, the theme and what it means for all of usTalk about NRW more broadly – it’s history and what it’s aboutTalk about the Uluru statement from the Heart – I’ll read it to youShare some ideas for your board to support the Uluru statement from the HeartShare some resources, including showcasing the first nations women that have previously been on ToBI'd love to hear from you about what your board or what you're doing as an individual to support some of these actions. See you next week.Links and ResourcesUluru Statement from the HeartNational Reconciliation WeekEpisode 10: Amber Roberts on rethinking the meaning of ‘country’ and how we can be allies in the boardroom (re-run as episode 100 too)Episode 19: Sheena Watt on breaking down preconceptions in the boardroomEpisode 138: Jillian West gives us the whats, whys and hows of reconciliation action plans – and the role of the boardEpisode 139: Rachelle Towart OAM reveals the secrets of getting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on your boardEpisode 164: Take on Board Breakfast with Jillian West. An introduction to the basics of cultural competencyEpisode 194: Nareen Young explains what Australian boards get wrong about diversity and Indigenous governanceUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Ursula Lepporoli about having expats on your board to diversity perspectives.Ursula Lepporoli is a partner at KPMG. She has 17 years of extensive experience as a strategic global mobility tax expert providing a full suite of tax services to companies, expatriates and high net worth individuals. Ursula enjoys sharing her knowledge. She is a frequent guest on podcasts speaking about leadership and tax. She joined Adam Grant earlier this year on WorkLife. She was recently invited to join the ATO’s Tax Practioners Stewardship Group. Ursula enjoys the arts and when not taking photos herself as an amateur photographer she serves on the board of Multicultural Arts Victoria.Links and ResourcesUrsula on LinkedInUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Red Dearnley about breaking the binary in the boardroom: Improving intersectional inclusion and gender equityRed is WIRE (Deputy Chair) and Speak Australia (Chair) and former Be Slavery Free (Chair).Red is an experienced executive and non-executive leader in the for-purpose sector. They are CEO of Birth for Humankind, and Founder and Principal Consultant of Influence Global, a social change consultancy. They are also currently Deputy Chair of WIRE and Chair of Speak. With an activist heart and (self-confessed) governance nerd’s head, they are passionate about enabling systemic change, by applying intersectional feminist principles across organisational culture, governance and operations.Links and ResourcesRed on LinkedInMinus 18IDAHOBIT DayThe Commission for Gender Equality in the Public SectorUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Penelope Barr about privacy and security in the boardroom. Penelope has previously been a director of  The 100% Project - working towards gender equity in the workplace; and Hearts4Heart - a Health Board, focusing on the patient experience. Penelope speaks startup and big end of town. With 25+ years’ leading local and global digital, technology, agile, product, innovation & transformation businesses, she’s motivated by solving complex problems. As an Award-winning intrapreneur she uses a genuinely creative approach to generate business value and drive excellence. She’s been at the forefront of most major changes in digital, tech, innovation, product & data across fintech, legaltech, proptech, climatetech and enterprises. She’s worked in Tech for so long, she was part of the team creating NAB's first Internet Banking solution, then National online trading, the first SMS messages, first online sales apps and progressed from there. A connector of people, ideas, opportunity and things, she turns good ideas into great business and bring a new ways of working kitbag to create products, generate revenue, improve savings or return on assets. She applies analytical insight, thorough planning, rapid implementation and deliver in highly ambiguous situations. She’s an author, advisor, mentor, coach and startup founder, passionate about making the most of the time I have been given.Links and ResourcesBoard Privacy Readiness ChecklistPenelope Barr on LinkedInUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Emma Olivier about managing risk. Emma is on the boards of Leadership Victoria , Audit and Risk Committee for Life Saving VictoriaEmma is the founder and CEO of Twenty Percent, a disability Advisory working with Corporate Australia. With over 30 years consulting experience and having been born without a left hand, she understands from her own lived experience the challenges and opportunities of having a disability in corporate Australia. She has extensive corporate experience working across a number of industries' both in Australia and overseas. As a Managing Director at Accenture, she was the Executive Sponsor for Disability Inclusion in ANZ Accenture for 2 years. Over this time, the Employee Reference Group grew significantly and was a finalist in the Australian Network of Disability awards in 2021. Emma is an active member of her community at a local and state level. She is Victoria's first one armed Lifesaver and was appointed to Lifesaving Victoria's Audit, Finance and Risk Committee in 2019.  In 2018, Emma participated in the Williamson Community Leadership Program run by Leadership Victoria and was appointed to the Board of Leadership Victoria in 2021. Emma was a nominee for Citizen of the year in Bayside council for Australia Day 2021. She has been a member of Bayside Councils Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee since its inception.Links and ResourcesStella Young TED Talk - I am not your inspiration, thank you very muchEmma Olivier on LinkedInUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the ToB podcast I’m going to give you some details about a program I recently participated in. It was part of the Disability Leadership Program, the Australian Network on Disability(AND) facilitated a series of Leader-to-leader conversations. I participated in the Melbourne session. The program aims to provide an opportunity to learn through storytelling and connection. AND connects Australian Directors and selected leaders with disability participating in our Disability Leadership Program. As a Director, I was matched up with a leader with a disability to have a discussion. Simple as that. Listen to hear about experiences, challenges and opportunities, with an aim to increase the understanding of the barriers people with disability face across business and the community.Links and ResourcesAICD - Disability Leadership Program Australian Network on DisabilityUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Julia Spicer about ensuring we are hearing all voices in the boardroom. Julia is on the boards of Motherland Australia, GEN Australia, Qld Government Innovation Advisory Council, Tie Up the Black Dog CommitteeShe’s formerly been on the boards of Australian LAnd MAnagement Group, Qld Small Business Advisory Council, Regional Development Australia DDSW, YWCA Qld, Care Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi Training and TechnologyJulia grew up in a small rural community and learned from an early age the value of everybody contributing. Everyone would volunteer, regardless of age, skill, or ability. Working shoulder to shoulder with her family and others gave her a strong sense of community, and of banding together to HELP. Julia founded Engage & Create Consulting upon these principles. Today Julia sits on several business and community boards and these help ensure that she has her finger on the pulse of what is happening where a regional woman’s voice needs to be heard. She has been shortlisted for a number of prestigious business awards and is recognised as a compelling authority on women in rural business roles. She is currently Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur.Links and ResourcesJulia Spicer on LinkedInThe Fish Rots from the Head by Bob GarrettAll things Brene Brown!Upcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with El Gibbs about the importance of lived expertise on Boards, the Disability Royal Commission findings for disability services.El is on the board of Australian Progress and was previously on the boards of Electronic Frontiers Australia, Blue Mountains City Council, Radio Blue Mountains.El Gibbs is an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues. El works as a consultant for a wide range of disability and community organisations, big and small, providing expertise in strategy, policy, communications and change making advocacy.Links and ResourcesMore on El GibbsDisability Leadership Institute Upcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.