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Today on the Take on Board Podcast, I’m speaking with Leesa Chesser about board skills matrices. This is part of the board composition and effectiveness, a five-part mini series.
Leesa is on the boards of Neami National, the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the Adelaide Festival Board, and the West Beach Parks Board. She also chairs the nominations and remuneration committee at Neami. She was formerly on the boards of Community Options Australia, Hen House Cooperative and Southern Domestic Violence Service as well as the YWCA, Adelaide, Sturt Street Community School and QUT Student Guild.
Leesa is an experienced non-executive director and mentor after a successful career as Minister for disabilities, mental health and substance abuse, leading the $723 million NDIS strategic decision-making, service delivery, reform and transformation in South Australia. Leesa is interested in board directorships in the housing infrastructure, superannuation and innovative tech solutions.
Board composition and effectiveness mini series playlist:
- Episode 289: steps for recruiting a board member with me!
- Episode 290: Katie Constantinou on onboarding new directors
- Episode 291: understanding board skills matrices with Leesa Chesser
- Episode 292: Carmel Mulhern knows how to maximise a board agenda
- Episode 293: Bernadette Northeast evaluates the importance of board evaluations
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Resources Leesa mentions:
- YouTube - Webinar - Board Skills Matrix How to Get it Right!
- AICD Board skills matrix
- APRA - Superannuation: How a skills matrix can help transform board capability
- Creative Australia - Guide to Using the Board Skills and Diversity Matrix Template
- Good Governance Guide - Creating and disclosing a board skills matrix
- BoardPro - Matrix of board skills template
- The Victorian Government, Department of Health, Director's toolkit
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