Ep 38 - 'How Established Board Members Add The Most Value' with guest Lisa Cook

Welcome to Her Ambitious Career, the personal branding and success podcast for ambitious corporate women who expect more from their careers.This is Episode 38, 'How Established Board Members Add the Most Value' and 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.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.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 moreLisa 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)*****Guest Bio:Lisa Cook has 12 years of experience serving on Boards from a range of organisations in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors across Australia, incl 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 and is currently studying a Master of Business Law at the University of Adelaide.Connect with Lisa:Website:                                www.getonboardaustralia.com.auLinkedin:                                https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamcook/Board Shorts Podcast:   https://getonboardaustralia.com.au/board-shorts-podcast Books referred to:           Fierce Conversations &  Fierce Leadership (Scott)*****Host Bio:Rebecca Allen is a Career Success Coach for ambitious women looking to land dream career opportunities. She has worked over the last 10 years with clients from companies including ANZ Bank, Origin Energy, J.P. Morgan and Coca-Cola Amatil and loves getting those excited phone calls from clients saying they’ve been promoted, have negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. Find Rebecca: www.illuminategrowth.com.auWant a promotion? Get: 'The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted'> Book a free 15-minute Career Strategy Call> Connect on Linkedin> Join our facebook group 'Career Success for Ambitious Women'