Thank you if you attended the Take on Board breakfast in July 2016. We hear from three fabulous speakers – Henriette Rothschild, Kate Palmer and Jenny Holliday. Here’s what was covered.
Key messages:
- If you are keen on a board role, put yourself forward – let people who can help know that you are interested.
- To get a board role, there needs to be vacancies, your skills need to match what they need and you need to love what the organisation is all about.
- Know that there is a commitment – of time, energy, skills and more – in taking on a board role.
- During recruitment for a role, ask lots of questions about the organisation, and, in particular, get to know the culture.
- Rather than thinking about ‘when’s my moment to contribute/speak in a meeting’ think about what you are doing when you’re not speaking.
- As a board member you are part of a team – it takes all different kinds of commitment, skills and styles.
- It’s not just about what’s in it for you: what can you give?
- Be well prepared: speak your mind and be prepared to change your mind.
Feedback:
- Great conversation around the table.
- Inspiring speakers.
- Lovely friendly tone.
- Speakers were terrific – such warmth and enthusiasm in the room.
- Getting ideas, thoughts from the speakers on how to move forward
- Speakers – quality, diversity and passion.
- Essential breakfast for bringing out the ways for potential board members to ‘put up their hand’ and be part of it!
- Focussed interaction.
- Great time management – both for mingling/developing connections and to the speakers. Also very inspiring contributors!
- Speakers were great.
- I will try to put my hand up where appropriate!
- Great to have time to talk after every speaker.
- All so new and interesting.
- The three speakers – good common themes but also different perspectives.
- Short, sharp presentations.
- Good mix of people.
- Nice mix of speakers – high energy.
- Excellent speakers.
- Very good insights and food for thought.
- Short and sharp presentations.
- All three speakers were very insightful and all had great knowledge and experience to call on.
- Excellent speakers and good to have five minute breaks between presentation to discuss messages.
- Interesting, diverse speakers.
- Complimentary speakers – common themes but different, real life speakers.
- Interesting speakers/topic – good to leverage knowledge and experience of speaker.
