INSIGHTS & ARTICLES
Earned Skills vs Learned Skills of the Boardroom
In this month’s ONE THING, Paul Smith looks at how we might better judge and nurture our learned skills, not just earned skills.
“Many boards are forced to recruit non-qualified directors to their boards even though most of them make a qualification a pre-requite. On the face of it, and if there was good work done to create a "screener" for candidates, this wouldn't be a problem. However, I believe the system of governance education is inherently flawed.”
Q&A with Jim Birch - How to land a board role and make an impact once you’re there.
Jim has lived what we at FDI preach – empathetic, inclusive, emotionally intelligent and modern board leadership. So we were enthused to sit down with him and ask a few questions about how to land a board role, and make an impact once you’re there.
10 essential questions to ask a prospective board member
"Can somebody stop saying diversity, disruption, cyber, blockchain, crypto and climate risk? It's doing my head in?"
These are the words of those boardrooms stuck in the 1980s and while many were born before that (oops, so was I), it's time we understood what director mindsets we really need for high-performing cultures and the Future of the Boardroom. With tech companies bigger than resources, local-Australian company Atlassian a global company and the likes of Uber and AirBnB household platforms, it is time boards really stood up and took notice, we need to think globally, and take risks to win.