How board applications are graded to determine who makes the cut
Understanding the process of how board applications are graded will help you write more compelling applications and make the cut.
Understanding the process of how board applications are graded will help you write more compelling applications and make the cut.
Board recruiters are the gatekeepers to many non-executive board roles, particularly the more significant ones. You need to impress them.
Ask any Chair will tell you that recruiting a new NED is stressful. Good planning will help recruit the right board director.
When executed properly, online board research should elevate you above the competition in the board appointment process.
Many believe that prior governance experience and executive skills are the most important board selection criteria, but should you be focussing on 3 others?
There are only two ways you are going to engage with a recruiter as a candidate. Each has a slightly different approach.
20% of appointments in Australia are made through recruiters and adverts. You need to know how to make search firms work in your favour.
The demand for Non Executive Directors never drops. If anything the competition for these positions increases in times of uncertainty.
Chairs seek these 3 desirable attributes when looking for new board members. You need to understand what they are and how to leverage them in your favour.
The conversation about board diversity has stalled around gender diversity. As such, there is a strong push to increase the number of women on boards, but diversity is far broader than that.
Your Board CV should be considerably different from your Executive CV. It is the key to getting past the gatekeepers!
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In a previous article we looked at how much prospective board members can expect to be remunerated. However, I decided to deal with the remuneration of Not-for-Profit Board Members separately. From…
A successful board interview is an exercise in providing a succinct but powerful response that evidences your success. But it often happens that a good candidate simply messes up the…
In my previous article, I focused on preparing for your board interview. In this article, I want to get into some detail on how you might respond to some typical…
If you have made it to the interview you should assume that you and they (the organisation) think you are qualified to do the role. But being qualified and experienced…