Your Personal Connections Can Get You Appointed
A recent study I conducted found 65% of current board members found their most recent board appointment via a personal connection! So how do you utilise your 'personal connections' to…
Contacting a Company About a Board Opportunity
You scanned our available board vacancies and found the perfect board opportunity for you. You have done your online research as well as your personal research, so now you feel…
Personal Research – the Key to a Board Appointment
This is the 2nd article on the essential research you need to do to gain a board appointment. It complements the first one I have written on online research. This is…
Doing Online Research for Your Board Appointment
To gain a board appointment you must separate yourself from your competitors - of which there are many. But how do you do that? OVERWHELMINGLY the best way to do…
The Chairperson is your Key
We all know that Chair's are confident, self-assured individuals with great intellect and management skills right. Perhaps, but they are but they also spend much of their time concerning themselves…
The Four Ways Board Appointments are Made
Typically, board appointments take place via four avenues: Through your personal connections; By a candidate directly approaching a board or organisation; By responding to an advertisement or Through an executive…
A Board Profile That Dares Them Not to Appoint You
Of fundamental importance is understanding and being able to articulate your offering to a board. Whilst this may seem obvious it is one of the most significant challenges I see potential board…
The Fundamental Attribution Error Changes Everything
You may ask what the Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) is. Malcolm Gladwell writes about this in his bestselling book, Tipping Point. He writes that the Fundamental Attribution Error stems from…
Branding Yourself as a Non-Executive Director
When it comes to gaining a seat on a board, your 'brand' can make the difference between being considered appointable or not. Further, having a brand that does not suggest you are…
What Does a Successful Board Candidate Look Like?
Board Direction helps you fast track your board appointment - find out more. I needn’t tell you that there are as many types of boards as there are sectors and…
Gaining a Role on a Not-for-Profit Board
Over the past few weeks, I have been looking at the various types of boards. Today I would like to discuss one that's probably my favourite: the Not-for-Profit Board. The…
Gaining a Board Role in the Commercial Sector
I have written before about the 3 types of boards that are commonly available to those who seek to serve on a board. I previously wrote about Government Boards and Committees.…
Finding a Role with Government Boards or Committees
There are 3 types of boards that are commonly available to those who seek to serve on a board. They include: Government Boards & Committees Commercial Boards Not for Profit…
Do You Really Want a Board Directorship?
If you are considering a board directorship, it is of vital importance that you understand the risks associated with becoming a non-executive director. You probably would not be reading this…
Making the Transition from CFO to NED
There are hundreds of companies looking for Non-Executive Directors (NEDs). However, gaining a board appointment is highly competitive – with there being more candidates than opportunities. Still, if you are…
The Perfect Board Candidate?
There are literally thousands of boards operating in a countless number of industries across Australia and each one operates within its own context and has various peculiarities unique to them. As…