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Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Dr. Dominique Hes about engaging external company secretary services to support a board. 
Dominique is the Chair of Greenfleet and was formerly on the boards of Living Futures Institute of Australia (LFIA), Trust for Nature in Victoria. 
 
Dominique has a Science Degree, Engineering Degree, PhD in Architecture and a Cert in Governance. She was born in south Africa of Dutch Parents, lived in Brazil until 1982 then moved to Australia.
She’s written a bunch of books – including award winning Designing for Hope: pathways to regenerative sustainability. Given you're listening to this, you might also want to know that there’s a podcast on her latest book which I am working on based on the history of Newport Lakes can be found here.
 
She’s an enthusiastic member of the Take on Board community having been to loads of events and programs and she’s been on the pod already not once, not twice but three times – and on some of the most listened to episodes as we did on air strategy sessions about doing your board resume, preparing for a board interview and then preparing to join the board.  
Dominique's external board and CoSec services brief:
1. Your organisational information – ABN, Charity Status, strategy, vision, etc
2. Your board information – meetings, how long for, committees, governance etc. (in follow up emails sending an example agenda and other information is useful)
3. Outline of key things you need help with:
- Minutes, Agendas, Papers
- Board workshop or Risk review
- Compliance review and reporting
- Alignment of board and committee processes
- Board needs
- Board exec liaison
Links and Resources
Dominque Hes on LinkedIn
Forest Secrets
Eastern Kulin Seasonal Calendar
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Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Philippa Taylor about capitalising on diverse behavioural styles at the board table. 
Philippa is on the boards of Institute of Social Neuroscience Psychology, We Make a Difference Limited and I'm also an independent member of the RMIT University Nominations, Remuneration & People Committee 
 
She was formerly on the boards of Raiz Invest (ASX:RZI), Western Leisure Services, Apollo League, and the International Women’s Development Agency 
 
Philippa brings a strong people-lens to the boardroom, leveraging her background as a CEO, Chief People Officer and partner-equivalent in professional services driving workplace transformations to maximise financial and technological opportunities. She is also a mentor, an executive coach, a wife, a mum and lover of Bernese Mountain dogs. 
Links and Resources
Philippa on LinkedIn
How to Deal with Difficult People - Jay Johnson
Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats
Helga's Prompting questions - Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats (PDF version)
Helga's Prompting questions - Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats (Word version)
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Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Cary Hatch about “Why your Board Should Feature a Marketing Executive” and the opportunity to expand beyond traditional board candidates to include reputation experts to guide and mitigate corporate reputation blunders. 
Cary is on the boards of Greater Washington Board of Trade, Washington Housing Conservancy Board, Whitman Walker Foundation Board, American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) and is Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Board of Governors. 
 
Cary was formerly on the boards of University System of Maryland Foundation, International Women’s Forum (DC), American Advertising Federation (DC), Leadership Greater Washington. 
 
Cary Hatch is a branding and reputation management subject matter expert advising multi-billion-dollar B2B and consumer-facing businesses. Cary has led transformational initiatives and reputation advancement for public and privately held brands in domestic and global business environments. She also brings governance experience through her positions on association and non-profit boards, including advocacy and strategic leadership roles. 
Links and Resources
Cary Hatch
CMO Confidential - Mike Linton
50/50 Women On Boards
Deloitte's Board Ready Program
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Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Leanne Hart about the boards role in managing psychosocial hazards.
Leanne was formerly on the board of Alongside PTSD Partner Support, an organisation focused on PTSD education for the partners and families of frontline and emergency service first responders. 
 
Today she is the founder of Hart2Heart Wellbeing. She's a trauma-informed facilitator and coach who helps leaders get on top of the things that cause stress at work, so they and their team can feel better and do better. Leanne takes an integrated approach to workplace wellbeing and combines her local and global experience and qualifications in people and culture, leadership development, management, embodiment coaching, exercise science, fitness management and community yoga. 
Links and Resources
The Community Well
Wellbeing Governance Guide
Board Reporting Checklist
Psychosocial hazards (Safe Work Australia)
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Today on the Take on Board podcast I’m speaking with Emma Rae about what boards need to know about the gender pay gap.
Emma Rae is a diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) consultant with a PhD in DEI. She works with business leaders and boards to understand their DEI data, leverage insights and cultivate inclusive, high-performing cultures.  
 
Emma originally started her career in accounting, and is a qualified CPA.  
 
She is a mum-to-be and passionate about health and wellbeing. She enjoys cooking, dance, and has recently taken up paddle and pickleball.  
 
Emma recently completed a 7-year term as a Non-Executive Director on the Board at WIRE.
Links and Resources
Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA): What is the gender pay gap? 
Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA): Data Explorer
Take on Board episode 127: Boards and the law. Dr Niki Vincent says it’s time to work on your gender action plan
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This week on the Take on Board podcast, I am taking you through through the wind up of the Center for Sustainability leadership. I was chair of the board when we had to make some tough decisions.
So wind up, it's not a dirty word. In fact, winding up an organization, if done at the right time in the right way, is something that I believe boards can and should be proud of. It's a natural part of the business cycle of an organization.
Links and resources
Download a copy of my presentation to the Better Boards Conference
The podcast today is based on a presentation I did at the Better Boards conference in 2019. If you'd like to see that presentation - rather than just listen to this edited, updated version - you can watch it on YouTube
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