This week’s Boardroom Hustle guest is Lauren Harrell, a highly experienced board director that has served over a dozen not-for-profits and for-profit boards, and who also happens to be under the age of 40 – which, in governance, makes Lauren quite a rare find indeed!

Lauren manages to juggle a complex day job, four separate board roles (one of which she chairs on), plus motherhood. She’s a truly encouraging figure for anyone seeking to get into the boardroom, and her superpowers include conscious networking and an obsession with learning.

In this episode, Lauren gives us a detailed insight into the benefits of networking and teaches us some of the most effective ways to network both online, and offline.

Lauren and Paul chat about a range of different topics, including:

• The benefits of knowing your Gallup strengths, and how Lauren used hers to shape her board value proposition

• The various ways she’s been able to apply those Gallup strengths in different situations

• Lauren’s experience being a younger director, and the challenges that can bring

• Have these challenges changed for the better over her career? Or are they still relatively the same?

• How to get the most out of any younger board director

• What made Lauren consider starting a board career back in her 20s

• How Lauren networks, and whether the recent pandemic has changed the way networking can occur

• Why is the boardroom such a natural fit for some people?

• What are some of the things Lauren has learnt throughout her journey?

Connect with Lauren:

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