This episode of the Board Shorts Podcast steps you through the what, why, and how of corporate governance.

Full show notes: https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast-governance-basics-for-new-and-aspiring-board-members/

Today's episode is all about Etiquette in the boardroom: why manners always matter. I'm joined by etiquette expert Alana Lenart. Whether you're starting out on your board career and wondering how to behave in the boardroom, or if you're feeling like the board you're on is behaving badly, and could do with a boost in its team work, today's episode has some gems for you. Alana and I talk about what etiquette is (and isn't), what etiquette looks like in the boardroom, the behaviours that you and your board can introduce to create a better culture in the boardroom and across the organisation, being a values-led board, and recruiting for the culture you WANT, not the culture you have.

Full show notes: https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/etiquette-in-the-boardroom/

Wellbeing matters to board members personally and within and throughout the organisations they serve. This episode covers everything from personal wellbeing through to employee wellbeing, looking at ways we can incorporate wellbeing into our own lives and how, as board members, we can embed wellbeing throughout the organisation, making it positively contribute to business outcomes.

Full show notes: https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast-ep-5-why-wellbeing-needs-to-be-on-the-boards-agenda/

In this first edition of Diary of a Board Member, MD of Get on Board Australia Lisa Cook, talks all about frustrations as a board member and what she does to overcome them. I hope this resonates with you and if you have any questions or topics you'd like to hear in future editions, please visit GetOnBoardAustralia.com.au/podcast I apologise for the poor sound quality in parts of this podcast; I recorded it while sitting in my car overlooking Henley Beach in Adelaide.

Full show notes: https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast-diary-of-a-board-member-ep-1/

Given that conversations around the board table can get a little heated and some issues can become quite contentious, we have bought Organisational Psychologist Shelley Rogers onto the podcast to talk about the ways in which you can use different strategies and approaches when the conversation gets a little prickly in the boardroom to stop it becoming nasty.

Full show notes: https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast-ep-4-managing-conflict-in-the-boardroom/

Given that conversations around the board table can get a little heated and some issues can become quite contentious, we have bought Organisational Psychologist Shelley Rogers onto the podcast to talk about the ways in which you can use different strategies and approaches when the conversation gets a little prickly in the boardroom to stop it becoming nasty.

A conversation with special guest Noel Verma from PwC talking about innovation in the boardroom. Covering why innovation needs to be a boardroom conversation, how smaller organisations can adopt an innovation agenda, where to start an innovation programme, how the board can support innovation, what holds organisations back from innovating, and a takeaway that you can take and embed in your organisation today.

Visit www.getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast-episode-3-innovation-in-the-boardroom for resource links.

A conversation with special guest Noel Verma, Senior Manager at PwC and Boardroom Bootcamp contributor, talking about innovation in the boardroom. We cover why innovation needs to be a boardroom conversation, how smaller organisations can adopt an innovation agenda, where to start an innovation programme, how the board can support innovation, what holds organisations back from innovating, plus a takeaway that you can apply to your organisation today.

Earlier in March we celebrated International Women’s Day, so there has been a lot of conversation around women, and in our space, women in the boardroom. I believe that board diversity is something that we should strive to achieve. It makes for a much more interesting and rewarding board experience and improved outcomes for the organisation.

I share some thoughts about how boards can go about increasing their diversity and also how aspiring board members can take advantage of the opening up of the boardroom. Listen to the podcast now below.

Additional information and links mentioned in the podcast

Blog Posts

Towards True Board Diversity

How to Improve Board Diversity

Article

Building a Not-For-Profit Board