Maximising your Board's Collective Intelligence with Karen Leigh Anderson

In this episode of Be & Think in the House of Trust, I am listening to Karen Leigh Anderson, who has over 30 years of business experience and focuses on working as a business adviser to mission-driven businesses. She loves working on governance and has been involved in various boards as a Non-Exec director and Chair too.Previously based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Edinburgh, Karen has delivered results for IBM, Grant Thornton, InvestecBank, Oracle Corporation; worked with and for technology start-ups before focusing on supporting social entrepreneurs across all areas of their businesses. She is also a skilled Gallup CliftonStrengths® coach, and her Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow report is “Delivering 100 years of Impact.” Throughout this episode, Karen shares her insights on how to build a strong board in order to maximise its collective intelligence, and why sometimes it’s the unusual suspects who can add the most value to your board. She also uses her governance dance analogy to explain why a successful business recognises the important relationship between leading and following.  Highlights from this episode: (02:20) I hate pointless icebreakers! (04:58) You get the board you plan for (10:19) Mission and vision statements should evolve (13:43) A people-oriented language (17:50) Recruiting the right chairs (21:48) The governance dance  Connect with Karen: On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenleighanderson-social-entrepreneur-place/ On Social Entrepreneur Place: https://socialentrepreneurplace.com/ Connect with Servane:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/servanemouazan/ Website: https://servanemouazan.co.uk Subscribe to Conscious Innovation updates: http://eepurl.com/hp0h55 Podcast Music Production from Series 04 Ep 45: Milig Mouazan-Strachan