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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - I can have my cake and eat it!
Can I build my Board Portfolio whilst a full time Executive? For most executives the answer is NO...but it depends on how you look at it.For a start most executive roles are full time roles...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - Government and NFP Boards ...Stepping Stones?
Are Government and Not for Profit Board roles a useful step in building your board portfolio?For the most part the answer is a resounding YES...but there are some additional things to consider.Firs...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - The NED Gender ’Wars’ (contd.)
Myth 6... As a woman you can’t get an NED role because they all go to the menAs covered in the previous article, the above is simply not true. More men than women are appointed to ASX300 board role...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - The NED Gender ‘Wars’
Myth 5... If you are a mature male executive you won’t get a board role because they are all going to younger women now.In 2017 134 men and 68 women were appointed to board roles in the AS300. That...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - Four More Top Tips from the Chair
In this article, I provide you with another four tips, from experienced Chairs, about practical steps you can take to build your NED portfolio.Let your network know that you are seeking NED roles.H...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips - Four Top Tips from the Chair
In this article, I provide you four tips, from experienced Chairs, about practical steps you can take to build your NED portfolio.1. Know what your board value proposition is. Why would you be a co...
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Building your Board Portfolio...Myths and Tips “Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. Know what I mean?”
Myth 4...It is ALL about ‘who you know’ that gets you a board seat.In this article let’s look at the facts behind the view that it’s all about who you know, not what you know, that gets you that b...
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Building your Board Portfolio - "I'm not a member of the right club."
Myth 3... The boardrooms of Australia are a club. I’m not in the “club” so I probably won’t get a board seat.In this article I look at the facts behind the myth that the boardrooms of Australia are...
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Building your Board Portfolio - Responding to Ads: A fool’s game?
Myth 2...It is not worth responding to advertisements or direct approaches for NED roles.In talking with Directors there is often a weariness around responding to Ads and meeting Executive Recruite...
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Building your Board portfolio
I talk to a lot of Directors who are looking to build their portfolio and there is a common view that there are so few Non-Executive Director (NED) roles around, that their chances of building a po...
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