Ep 38 – How Established Board Members Add The Most Value, with guest Lisa Cook

Once you’ve been on a Board for 12 months, what should your strategy be? Let’s find out with Lisa Cook!

Lisa is the Founder and Managing Director of Get On Board Australia and host of the Board Shorts Podcast. Lisa is on a mission to support aspiring, new and established Board Members, and Boards themselves, to thrive to the best of their capabilities

Ep 38, ‘How Established Board Members Add the Most Value’ is the final episode in our 3-part series ‘How to Become an Influential Board Member’ with my guest, Lisa Cook.

Listen to Part 1 ‘How to Land Your First Board Position‘ here.
Listen to Part 2 ‘New Board Member? What To Do in Your First 100 Days‘ here.

Today our focus is on helping established Board Members thrive…

And Lisa is sharing…

• Her own extensive Board experience…
• The technical and soft skills required to be an effective Board member…
• Effective Board Members are honest and open, prepared, constantly open to learning, are independent thinkers, respectful, good team members and more…
• The outcomes effective Board members are seeking and more

Lisa says:

“Keep learning, keep contributing, keep learning what it means to be a great Board-Citizen. It’s less about sharing your expertise and more about being a great team member.” (Lisa Cook,, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)

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• Listen to the first ep in this series: How to Land Your First Board Position, with guest Lisa Cook
• Listen to the second ep in this series: New Board Member? What to do in Your First 100 Days
• Lisa’s website Get On Board Australia   
• Connect with Lisa on Linkedin
• Tune into Lisa’s podcast, Board Shorts
  
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About Lisa:

Lisa Cook has 12 years of experience serving on boards from a range of organisations in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in Adelaide, Sydney, and across Australia, including Shooting Australia, Inclusive Sport SA, West Beach Community Bendigo Bank, and Western Business Leaders.

Lisa holds a degree from Charles Sturt University in business management and marketing, has completed the Foundations of Directorship program through AICD, and is currently studying a Master of Business Law at the University of Adelaide.

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. I’ve worked for 11 years now as a coach and have helped women at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence and Coles. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!