‘Boardroom Boost’ the latest open BoardAble seminar for senior leaders interested in NED and Public Appointments was a great success. An invited group of 25 talented women leaders, led by Vanda Green and Helene Martin Gee, shared experiences of NED roles, board, and public appointments.
We heard from Sue Lawton MBE about her extensive international board experience, sharing expertise on boardroom behaviour and how to ‘read’ the various board members; what really happens outside the board meeting itself, and the vital need to balance the board rather than recruiting in one’s own image. Subsequent discussion reinforced the importance of diverse recruitment.
Debate was nimbly chaired by Jill Pay and enhanced by many different experiences and viewpoints from delegates, who represented a range of sectors and industries and included alumnae of the BoardAble programme itself, which will be run again this autumn.
