Take on Board

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 future of work.As a highly sought after speaker and facilitator, Michelle works with leading edge organizations to optimize outcomes by building the capability, capacity and conviction of their leaders to lead.She works with some of Australia's most respected organizations including ANZ, Cole's, Orica, John Holland, ME Bank, and Telstra, along with government departments and agencies.She's a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, an alumnus of Leadership Victoria's Williamson Community Leadership Program, and she regularly appears and writes for major national publications and media outlets.Michelle is a director of the Arts Law Centre, and a former non executive director and company secretary at Red Stitch Actors Theatre and 3MBS - FM.Michelle’s literally written the book about influence and she shares what it takes to gain influence and use it for good in her chat with Helga.Boards Michelle is on:Arts Law Centre: https://www.artslaw.com.au/Contact Michelle or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegibbings/ or https://www.michellegibbings.com/Resources Michelle mentions: True North by Bill GeorgeBlinkist - https://www.blinkist.com/And Michelle was too modest to mention her books, so here they are:Step Up - How to Build your Influence at Work - Michelle GibbingsCareer Leap - How to Reinvent and Liberate Your Career - Michelle GibbingsFOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Regional Football and a committee member of Geelong AICD. She’s also on the advisory board of the Deakin MBA committee.She was formerly on the Central Highlands Water Board, Geelong Rangers soccer club and Barwon Youth. So as you can tell, Jo’s got an incredible wealth of governance experience that she’ll share in this episode.Boards Jo is on:Barwon Water - https://www.barwonwater.vic.gov.au/Victoria Water - https://vicwater.org.au/South Melbourne Market Advisory Committee - https://southmelbournemarket.com.au/about/governance/Geelong Regional Football - https://www.facebook.com/grfooty/Contact Jo or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joplummerbusinessinheels/Resources Jo mentions: Director’s Dilemma - https://www.directorsdilemma.com/FOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 things from the Royal Commission into financial services and some of the outcomes about risk, which is a particular passion for Christina. If you have ever wondered about audit committees and what makes them effective, this is the chat for you.Boards Christina is on:Royal Women’s Hospital - https://www.thewomens.org.au/Contact Christina or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaliosis/Resources Christina mentions: The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry Report: https://financialservices.royalcommission.gov.au/Pages/reports.aspxFOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 clinician and in senior roles of both public health services and the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.She's currently director of strategy and planning at the Royal Women's Hospital. Sandy has more than 20 years experience as a director and chair on a range of public sector and not for profit boards.She's a graduate of the AICD with an extensive understanding of the role of the board director in both corporate and clinical governance.Helga first met Sandy when they were on the board of YWCA Victoria, which was her first board. They often rode bikes home together from board meetings and as they both point out it was a great opportunity for them to debrief issues and what went on at the board meeting - just one element of being an effective board member that Helga and Sandy Bell unpack in this episode.Boards Sandy is on:Queen Elizabeth Center and Early Parenting Center - https://www.qec.org.au/Contact Sandy or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-bell-5488a986/Resources Sandy mentions: How I Work: https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast/Joining LinkedIn ForumsFOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Facebook group asked me to explore two questions. Firstly, whether and how to do an acknowledgement of country at the start of meetings and secondly, to explore board and company capacity to contribute to indigenous reconciliation. Amber brings her insights in this informative episode that will have you rethinking the meaning of “country”.Boards Amber is on:Greenpeace, Australia Pacific - https://www.greenpeace.org.auContact Amber or find out more about her: https://au.linkedin.com/in/amber-roberts-41300817Resources Amber mentions: Reconciliation Australia: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/Indigenous Governance Institute Toolkit - http://toolkit.aigi.com.au/FOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Alcoa in New York.Anita is a current director of Yarra Valley Water and the Stroke Association of Victoria. And she's previously been a board member at the Hazelwood Coal Mine Fire Inquiry. The Victorian Public Sector Advisory Board, Fitzroy Football Club, Pacific Hydro and AngloGold Ashanti’s Global Panel on Sustainability, and Women’s Network for a Sustainable FutureShe's got a wealth of experience that she can share with us about getting on the board, as you can hear from her experience.Boards Anita is on:Yarra Valley Water: https://www.yvw.com.au/Stroke Association of Victoria: http://www.strokeassociation.com.au/Contact Anita or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-roper-faim-gaicd-67b84639/Resources Anita mentions: The First 90 Days by Michael WatkinsFOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and she has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant services to women.Leonie is a director of Film Victoria, Holmesglen TAFE and a founding member and board member of Emily's List Australia. She was previously a board member ay SYN Media and the Australian Centre for Research into Employment and Workplace.She's also been a member of the CBF (Community Broadcasting Foundation) Fundraising and Fund Development subcommittee. Leonie works across the private sector, government and not for profit sectors in Australia and the Asia Pacific.Boards Leonie is on:Emily’s List Australia: https://www.emilyslist.org.au/Film Victoria: https://www.film.vic.gov.au/Holmesglen TAFE: https://holmesglen.edu.au/SYN Media: http://syn.org.au/Contact Leonie or find out more about her: https://au.linkedin.com/in/leonie-morgan-am-98441427Resources Leonie mentions: Women's Power Handbook by Joan Kirner and Moira RaynerFOR MORE 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 combines science with business. She has an interest in entrepreneurship and disruptive technologies and she started QUTs social robotics program.Sue serves on the board of the CRC for optimising resource extraction, Women in Robotics International and the expert advisory panel of Queensland AI.She's been recognized as one of Robohub’s 2018 ‘25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About’ and as one of Queensland's Most Influential People in the Courier Mail Power 100.As a superstar of STEM in Australia, she's responsible for bringing the Grace Hopper celebration to Australia. She tells Helga how this shy girl transformed into an AI powerhouse.Boards Sue is on:CRC: https://www.crcore.org.au/Women in Robotics InternationalContact Sue or find out more about her: https://au.linkedin.com/in/sue-keay-b9a8933Resources Sue mentions: Queensland AI: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Queensland_AI/Grace Hopper Down under: https://womenindigital.org/members-area-event/hopper-down-under/Start with Why by Simon Sinek: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=enJoin 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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 challenges that they're having at the board.Today, you get to eavesdrop on one of those sessions and pick up some of the insights from me and from Dominique about how to apply for a board role.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/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and human resources and industrial relations issues.She got her start as a Cole’s ‘check out chick’ and says, “my understanding of boards and how organisations work really came from lived experience of working". She was intrigued, and wanted in and she hasn’t looked back as she tells Helga in this episode.Boards Julie is on:Care Super: https://www.caresuper.com.au/Australian Council of Superannuation Investors: https://www.acsi.org.au/Austin Health: http://www.austin.org.au/North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation: https://nqbp.com.au/Workplace Health and Safety Queensland: https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/Contact Julie or find out more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-bignell-58b28346/Resources Julie mentions: Prudential Inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)https://www.apra.gov.au/sites/.../CBA-Prudential-Inquiry_Final-Report_30042018.pdfJoin 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.