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Today on Take on Board, Brynn O’Brien shares her years of ESG insights with the Take on Board Community with a focus on climate change - the time to act was yesterday. There were so many excellent questions from the TOB Community that Brynn stuck around after the session to field more questions.This presentation was part of August’s Take on Board Breakfast event. Brynn has tips on how to approach ESG, how to get buy in from the board and encourage them to start pulling together policies around ESG and climate change. You can access the presentation here.Then Brynn fields questions from women who joined the event. There were so many amazing questions, a second podcast with just questions and insightful responses form Brynn will be released soon. So subscribe so you don’t miss out.This podcast has been edited for time. If you want to ensure you don’t miss an opportunity to network with amazing women, learn about board openings and gain insights to help you in your board roles or just life, join the Take on Board Community so you can come along to the next one.Connect with Brynn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynnobrien/Resources Mentioned:Brynn's presentation:https://zfrmz.com/rBogfqG4LmdiELY7L5O0Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility - https://www.accr.org.au/ IPCC Working Group report - https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/FOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Join the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Take on Board, Brynn O’Brien shares her years of ESG insights with the Take on Board Community with a focus on climate change - the time to act was yesterday and this will help you help your boards get started if you haven’t.This presentation was part of August’s Take on Board Breakfast event. Brynn has tips on how to approach ESG, how to get buy in from the board and encourage them to start pulling together policies around ESG and climate change. You can access the presentation here.Then Brynn fields questions from women who joined the event. There were so many amazing questions, a second podcast with just questions and insightful responses form Brynn will be released soon. So subscribe so you don’t miss out.This podcast has been edited for time. If you want to ensure you don’t miss an opportunity to network with amazing women, learn about board openings and gain insights to help you in your board roles or just life, join the Take on Board Community so you can come along to the next one.Connect with Brynn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynnobrien/Resources Mentioned:Brynn's presentation:https://zfrmz.com/rBogfqG4LmdiELY7L5O0Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility - https://www.accr.org.au/ IPCC Working Group report - https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/FOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Join the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Maali Khader about culture in the boardroom.Maali is a highly experienced, effective and trusted lawyer. She is also a leading regional expert in corporate governance and sustainability and the CEO of the Middle East Institute of Directors.In just 18 years, Maali’s career – which began as a legal advisor for a legal firm - has rapidly evolved to her position today as a luminary in the corporate governance, sustainability, training and advice sectors.Her talents were rewarded early on in her career, when she was recognized as a Rising Star of Corporate Governance by Millestein Centre - Yale University in 2010, and one of the top 100 Thought Leaders in Europe and the Middle East from Trustworthy Business Behavior in 2011.Contact Maali or find out more about her:https://www.linkedin.com/in/maaliq/Resources mentioned in this episode:The Handbook of Board Governance by Richard Leblanc https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-handbook-of-board-governance-richard-leblanc/book/9781119537168.html13hFOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Decision 84: https://www.decision84.com/ Take on Board listeners get a 10% discount using TAKEONBOARD10 as discount code.Take on Board Book Club: https://www.trybooking.com/BTFKNJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Cassandra Kelly about love and kindness in the boardroom.Businesses and leaders who dare to challenge the status quo and solve the most complex problems leverage Cassandra to accelerate their impact and to find the extra confidence required to make difficult and important decisions.Cassandra is the Chair of Treasury Corporation of Victoria, a Director of Pink Hope, Pottinger and EU Global Tech Panel.She has a long list of previous board roles including Allpress Espresso, Flight Centre, and Women in Banking and Finance.She uses her global experience, and her own mix of compassion, empathy and commitment to action to help leaders and their management teams define meaningful and exciting futures and to achieve them. Her cut through, and ability to inspire and compel organizations has resulted in numerous accolades including her recent Order of Australia.Cassandra works as both board member, advisor and is an invited speaker at the world’s most influential organizations including the G20, European Union, African Union, World Government Summit and NATO.Her determination to invest in the advancement of and fulfilment of women is soon to reach new levels as she prepares for the launch of her latest venture, fueled by her view that women cannot wait for the system to change and rather need a guide to help them navigate through the fatigue and towards success. As she says “success is a campaign.”Contact Cassandra or find out more about her:http://www.cassandrakelly.com/Resources mentioned in this episode:Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders : https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-handbook-of-board-governance-richard-leblanc/book/9781119537168.htmlFOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Decision 84: https://www.decision84.com/ Take on Board listeners get a 10% discount using TAKEONBOARD10 as discount code.Take on Board Book Club: https://www.trybooking.com/BTFKNBoard Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Helga is talking co-chairing of boards and committees and you’re just hearing from herShe's been a fan of job-share for years … as long as it’s done well.And Helga thinks some of the principles of good job share could apply to board room roles such as Chairing the board or committees.So, today, get ready, she's going to talk about some principles for co-chairing and then talk you through a live example – when she was co-chair of an organisation - it wasn't perfect, but they did it! So you can learn from what worked well and what could have been improved. If anything it will gives you something to think about!FOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Take on Board Breakfast with Brynn O'Brien : https://www.trybooking.com/BSRNNTake on Board Book Club: https://www.trybooking.com/BTFKNBoard Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Caitlin Siostrom about the risk oversight on not for profit and small organization boards and how to create meaningful risk appetite statements and policies that are fit for purpose, no matter your resources.Caitlin is on the board of Times Change Women's Employment Service and chair of the risk committee. Time Change is a women's run not-for-profit, providing employment opportunities for women in need.She is also a senior regulatory lawyer, who recently led ASIC's Corporate Governance taskforce workstream, looking at board oversight of risk in Australia's largest financial institutions. Caitlin recently moved to Canada and is currently a senior director at Royal Bank of Canada, where she leads the bank's Regulatory Compliance Management program.Contact Caitlin or find out more about her:https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-siostrom-763b3685/Resources mentioned in this episode:The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis: https://www.bookdepository.com/Fifth-Risk-Michael-Lewis/9780141991429FOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Take on Board Breakfast with Brynn O'Brien : https://www.trybooking.com/BSRNNTake on Board Book Club: https://www.trybooking.com/BTFKNBoard Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Sandra Sucher about trust between boards and the people they govern.Sandra is an internationally recognized trust researcher and professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. She studies how organizations build trust and the vital role leaders play in the process. Before joining Harvard, she was a business executive for 20 years, served on corporate and nonprofit boards, and has been Chair of the Better Business Bureau. An advisor to the Edelman Trust Barometer, her research has been featured in several national publications.Sandra is the author of The Power of Trust How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It – and a shoutout to Alice Fung for sharing this book with the Take on Board community recently and prompting me to reach out to Sandra to have this discussion. And thank you Sandra for taking the call!And big news - Helga is starting a Take on Board Book Club! You can find all the details here. This book is just the beginning!Contact Sandra or find out more about her:Harvard Business School: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6610Resources mentioned in this episode:The Power of Trust : How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It by Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta - https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-power-of-trust-sandra-j-sucher/book/9781541756670.htmlFOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Take on Board Book Club: https://www.trybooking.com/BTFKNTake on Board Breakfast with Brynn O'Brien: https://www.trybooking.com/BSRNN Board Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Jennifer Dalitz about the diversity and inclusion in both the board room and the organisation, and the link between the two. Plus, they also touch on the relationship between risk and opportunityJen is a non-executive Director of Qudos Bank and Surfing NSW, an Alumni Advisory Board Member to the UNSW Business School, and a NSW Divisional Councillor with CPA Australia.She is the former Chair and board member of Peer Support Australia. She is also the CEO and Executive Director of Women in Banking and Finance where she is focused on growing and promoting the talent pipeline of women across the industry.Contact Jennifer or find out more about her:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jendalitz/Resources mentioned in this episode:Girls Can’t Surf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBjcbZla2cAFOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Take on Board Breakfast with Brynn O'Brien : https://www.trybooking.com/BSRNNBoard Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking with Dr Monique Beedles about the boards role in asset management.Monique has been on a long list of Boards previously, Asset Management Council, Connexion Technology for Business, QUT Faculty of Creative Industries Faculty Academic Board and the Health Quality and Complaints Commission of QueenslandMonique is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a graduate of their Company Directors Course and Chair’s Course. Monique is a member of the AICD Faculty and facilitates their programs on Governance, Strategy and Risk.Monique’s latest book, Asset Management for Directors was published by AICD in late 2016.Contact Monique or find out more about her:https://www.moniquebeedles.com/Resources mentioned in this episode:The Board’s Role in Asset Management: https://mailchi.mp/moniquebeedles/boardsroleFOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Board Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIB (EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL JULY 16)!Join the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Maree McPherson about her journey into and out of the boardroom.Maree is the former Chair, Gippsland Regional Partnership and a former Member of Regional Development Advisory Committee Member and the Victorian Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) .Maree is a leadership coach, facilitator, and author. She writes about regional leadership and the contribution of regions to nations and is interested in how women lead in regional and rural Australia. Maree works with teams and individuals in leadership development, building influential cultures, and improving opportunities for emerging talent.Contact Maree or find out more about her:https://www.mareemcpherson.com.au/Resources mentioned in this episode:Curly Conversations for Teams by Kate Christiansen - https://www.katechristiansen.com.au/curly-conversationsSpecial Resources for TOB listeners: https://www.mareemcpherson.com.au/take-on-board-podcast FOR MORE TAKE ON BOARD INFORMATION:Board Kickstarter: https://www.trybooking.com/BSJIBJoin the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeContact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.