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Take on Board breakfast recap – the ins and outs of mergers

‘Informative’, ‘Energising and ‘thought-provoking’: the recent Take on Board online event: the ins and outs of mergers with Riwka Hagen.

Online video session with participants from the Take on Board event with Riwka Hagen

The topic for this session was about the ins and outs of mergers and Riwka spoke about:

  • The merger of two health organisations: Cobaw Community Health and Sunbury Community Health
  • Lessons learnt, what went well, what did not go so well

Meet the attendees

Some of our Take on Board guests were at the event too:

Belinda Loke
Episode 185: Belinda Loke on building board acumen outside of the AICD

Caitlin Siostrom
Episode 109: Caitlin Siostrom on why size doesn’t matter when thinking about risk management

Carolyn McSweeney-Grant
Episode 124: Carolyn McSweeny Grant on benchmarking psychological safety in the boardroom

Claudia Fatone
Episode 51: Claudia Fatone on governing Cricket Victoria during COVID-19 (Take on Board breakfast special feature)

Morgana Ryan
Episode 102: Morgana Ryan on developing a board strategy (Take on Board breakfast special feature, part 1); and Episode 103: Morgana Ryan on developing a board strategy (Take on Board breakfast special feature, part 2)

What did the attendees like about this event?

“Interesting and relevant topic and an excellent speaker. Interactive breakout rooms to consolidate and discuss the session and the use of slido.”

“I loved the speaker and topic.”

“Fantastic networking opportunity and learning.”

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‘Informative’, ‘Energising and ‘thought-provoking’: the recent Take on Board online event: the ins and outs of mergers

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