A poorly executed board recruitment strategy can be the silent saboteur of a board’s success.

Quality board recruitment processes are the cornerstone that ensures the right mix of expertise, experience and vision exists to govern with confidence. Unlike executive recruitment, it’s also a process that most boards only engage in occasionally, so boards need a robust and repeatable process embedded in their culture.

This episode features a recent conversation between Paul and Tom Mutch, Partner, Board & Public Sector Practice at leading international recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson.

Their chat deep dives into board recruitment, succession planning, candidate assessments, and the pivotal role of nomination committees....and might also feature some references to British humour. Sorry!

Some links:

• Tom's written interview with Future Directors
• Join Future Directors for FREE
• Follow and Connect with Paul (LinkedIn)
• Check out Tom and Odgers Berndtson

What type or style of board member are you? Are you the Stakeholder Champion, Data Chaser, Status Hound, Unprepared, or even the Narcissist?

These are the types identified in a recent article from Harvard Business Review, and in another bite-sized episode from Paul, he gives you a few more to play with. Then, Paul asks how can we harmonise so many different people into an effective team or board?

Have a listen and see what you think.

Podcast links

• Join Future Directors for FREE
• Follow and Connect with Paul (LinkedIn)

Yes, 100 episodes!
Wow.

Almost 70 hours worth of conversation about boards, directors, technology, diversity, education, careers, challenges and more.

It's been a blast.

To welcome us into the next century, you have a new host, Matt Fullbrook. Amongst his claims to fame he's the single most repeated guest on Paul's podcast and one of the few others governance podcasts to hit 100 episodes.

In this episode, the tables are turned and Matt interviews Paul about his journey.

And, it gets super embarrassing for Paul...

Some links:

• Join Future Directors for FREE
• Follow and Connect with Paul (LinkedIn)
• Matt Fullbrook's podcast
• Matt Fullbrook's website