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Future Directors Podcast

Apr 11, 2024

What type or style of board member are you? Are you the Stakeholder Champion, Data Chaser, Status Hound, Unprepared, or even the Narcissist?

These are the types identified in a recent article from Harvard Business Review, and in another bite-sized episode from Paul, he gives you a few more to play with. Then, Paul asks...


Oct 12, 2023

Another year, another survey of board directors. Does this one show us anything new?

Earlier this year, the Global Network of Director Institutes released their “The Future of Board Governance” report. The GNDI is a collection of 24 national governance institutes from North and South America, Asia Pacific, Europe,...


Oct 9, 2023

This episode is a bit special and serves two purposes. For our Australian listeners, it continues on the discussion about navigating the Voice to Parliament discussion with your board. Paul hosted a webinar recently and this is a snippet from a special panel discussion with guests Jessica Bulger (from the...


Sep 11, 2023

In a special episode of the podcast, we take a look at how to navigate the 'Voice to Parliament' Referendum in your boardroom. For our non-Australian listeners, this won't mean much unless you keep up to date with First Nations affairs globally. 

In this webinar (converted to podcast), Paul was joined by author, Uluru...


Ep. 76 - How to interview for "human skills"

Nov 21, 2022

In another departure from my normal episodes, I'm flying solo again and this time I'm discussing how you test for those soft skills when interviewing for new board members. 

I don't like the phrase soft skills as they are harder to master than most hard skills. So, I use "human (or interpersonal) skills" instead. Hope...