What makes an effective leader and what makes for a good board? Should executives and directors run for the hills or can leadership roles be fulfilling? These are some themes I’ve been mulling over, spurred by recent questions from Women on Boards (WOB) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). As a longtime WOB member, I was delighted to be asked by their team to share my governance perspectives and experiences as part of WOB’s 20-year anniversary celebrations. The WOB

Earlier this year, thanks to a Harvard Social Enterprise Scholarship and Sport Australia Women Leaders Grant, I had the pleasure of completing the Harvard Kennedy School of Government/Harvard Business School Performance Management in Non-Profits program. Similar to the AICD Company Directors Course a decade prior, I relished the opportunity to undertake some serious relevant study and to network with inspiring leaders. Similar to the AICD Course, the pre-reading materials we