From barriers to redefining healthcare with all in mind
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Release Date: 10/30/2020
Debunking Gender Stereotypes: For the love of cars and sports
Women on Boards I Making it Real
She’s kicked goals, smashed glass ceilings and debunked gender stereotypes at every turn during her substantive career. This week Claire Braund in conversation with Rebecca Frizelle, pioneer for Australia sports and passionate ambassador for the motor industry. She’s the Chief Operating Officer of Frizelle Prestige, was first female Chair in the NRL code and just last year, was awarded an Order of Australia for her contributions to the Motor Industry and Rugby League.
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The amazing career of Zita Peach - from refugee to ASX Chair
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Zita Peach discovered early in her career the importance of both actively seeking Board opportunities, actively networking and becoming known in the Board community. That’s how she transitioned from CSL Limited to Fresenius Kabi, while accepting two Board positions with ASX listed companies. Her story starts in Eastern Europe, takes her to studying BioMed at university and sees her today successfully heading multiple ASX listed companies.
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Network Like A Boss: Drop assumptions, know your value and be deliberate - with Kerry Gleeson FAICD
Women on Boards I Making it Real
You can’t assume roles will fly at you because you have had a successful executive career, shares Kerry, ASX Director, Senior Executive and Board Advisor for the past two decades. In this podcast, Claire speaks with Kerry who has successfully led over $10 billion of complex multi-regional transactions, but regardless, networks like a boss to get seen in the non-executive sphere. Passionate about building strong corporate cultures, rigorous governance standards and unifying diverse operations.
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The Perpetual Hustle: Transferable skills, career themes and becoming NED young - with Andrea Staines OAM
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Andrea Staines, Australia’s first female airline CEO, OAM and full-time Non-Executive Director, may be highly sought after for her incomparable commercial, strategy, risk and people skills, but securing her first board role didn’t come without hustle despite her impressive CV.
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Self-belief and the unorthodox path: Forging your own way
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Kerry Ryan, experienced Non-Executive Director, has seen it all. An unorthodox law career led to an unplanned board profession and today she is NED at Richmond Football Club, Aligned Leisure, Retail Food Group (ASX listed), Mental Health First Aid International, Kids First Australia.
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The changing landscape of Sports Boards
Women on Boards I Making it Real
In this podcast, Margot Foster talks to Claire Braund about the very real challenges that face sports boards today from corporate governance, to best practice, to competing state and national interests, to the evolving responsibilities of directors.
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Unique and multi-faceted - building, construction, the Arts, strategy, technology.....
Women on Boards I Making it Real
"Create the fridge and let others come and put the magnets on". These are the words of the incredible Susan Oliver, AM, Chair, NED, innovator and entrepreneur.
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From journalist to director - sports boards, founding Women’s Agenda and more…
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Marina Go is a journalist come full-time Non Executive Director (NED). She has led a formidable career with gender equality as her key motivator. She was the founder of Women's Agenda and has smashed stereotypes and barriers throughout her career.
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Boards, culture, death threats, discrimination and standing up for yourself
Women on Boards I Making it Real
In this podcast Tracey Spicer talks to Claire Braund about her journey, including taking a major TV network to court, being sacked via email, her time on the NRMA board 20 years ago where death threats between board members had to be investigated by police, and how she became an activist on pregnancy discrimination and wrote a book.
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Claire Braund in conversation with Sally Macindoe
Women on Boards I Making it Real
Sally Macindoe is Executive Counsel and Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Norton Rose Fullbright and Vice President at the MCC. She was the first female Chair of the Board / Partnership Council at Norton Rose but chose to step back from partnership.
info_outlineNo stranger to working in disaster zones and supporting health services for areas in crisis, Dr Liz Paslawsky shares the most common problems she‘s witnessed within governance and business following COVID-19 and the greatest risks that are affecting boards, management and staff worldwide. She makes intriguing observations about board culture, dynamics and how we all need to think more strategically during the unpredictable time that COVID-19 brings.
Liz leads an exhilarating portfolio career serving on four international boards in the Ukraine, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, is a global consultant as well as a mentor to executive staff and board chairs. She is a Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year winner, a business owner and has held CEO and senior executive positions in healthcare, banking and the not-for-profit sector.
Liz is a self-confessed “barrier basher” who has proven time over, that anything is possible. She has spent her life observing people to better understand human behavior — a skill-set she developed at a very young age growing up in a Ukrainian community in Queensland where she didn’t speak English. Her family lived off a small organic farm in the Ukraine before the Second War World hit, forcing them to flee on a boat they thought was destined for Austria. Instead, they arrived on the shores of Australia.
“In those days, there was an enormous amount of discrimination in school and because I didn’t speak English, I was labelled as having a disability. This was really formative for me to prove otherwise and has been a driver all my life.”
She has a Masters of Psychology and a PhD in Leadership for Workforce Empowerment under her belt and gave the keynote address at this year’s European Healthcare Design Global Summit. Her expertise in knowledge systems and bridging disciplines she attributes to her understanding of people and culture because in Liz’s opinion, intellect and strategy is irrelevant if you don’t understand culture.
Dr Liz Paslawsky
Claire Braund (host)
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