New Governance and Executive Leadership Audio Podcast Series

My organisation, Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has launched a new governance and executive leadership audio podcast series. Prepared specifically for senior executives and boards directors of not-for-profit Australian adult and community education (ACE) organisations, the series aims at improving governance and dealing with some of the most common – and pressing – leadership problems.

The eight programs can be accessed directly from the CCA website, or via iTunes, and can be either downloaded or streamed for free. This podcast (“Series 3”) follows two previous CCA series in 2019 and 2018, both of which are still available for listening.

Program interviewees include Chris Taylor, Chair, Tec-NQ, Townsville; Julia Ridout, Chair, Central Coast Community College; Dr Ty Wiggins, Principal, Converge Consulting & Executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates; Wayne Condon, Principal, Converge Consulting; Adam Siegel, CEO, Visage Growth Partners; David Mackay, CEO, Tuggerah Lake Community College & Chair, Community Colleges Australia; Nick Hedges, Director, ResolveHR; Sue Reynolds, Vocational Education Training Manager, Western Riverina Community College; Theresa Collignon, CEO, Macquarie Community College; Kerry Johnson, CEO, ACE Community Colleges, Lismore; Ron Maxwell, CEO. VERTO; Luther Poier, Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital, BlueChilli Technology; and Robert Migliore, Director, Actevate.

I was the Executive Producer, and Ryan Pemberton from Audiocraft was our great producer.

The series:

1. Being the Chair of the Board of a Community Education Provider: Download this episode (16′)
2. Best Practice Board Meetings: Download this episode (18′)
3. When your Board goes rogue – how to get it back on track: Download this episode (14′)
4. What is a strategic plan and why do you need one: Download this episode (15′)
5. Having tough conversations: Download this episode (17′)
6. Leading for change in difficult times: Download this episode (21′)
7. Performance management for your CEO – What does a Chair and Board need to do: Download this episode (19′)
8. Mental health support for staff – best practice: Download this episode (20′)

View more details on the podcast series program page.

Evaluation and feedback: Help CCA to evaluate CCA podcast Series 3 by filling out this short survey once you have listened to some or all of the podcasts.

Program Advisers: Dr Ty Wiggins, Converge Consulting; and Nick Hedges, ResolveHR
Project Assistant: Clare Harris, Community Colleges Australia

Funding: This audio podcast series was produced for Community Colleges Australia with funding support from the New South Wales Government.

(Featured image credit: Wikicommons, used under Creative Commons license)

New audio podcast series on corporate governance for not-for-profit Australian organisations

My organisation – Community Colleges Australia (CCA) – has just released an 8-part audio podcast series on corporate governance for Australian community education organisations.

The podcasts have been produced for community education Boards of Directors, CEOs, company secretaries and other senior staff involved in organisational governance. The programs are available for downloading or streaming through CCA’s website, or through iTunes. Transcripts of each program are also available.

The programs

The 8 episodes in the series are:

1. Introduction and Roles: Why Board Governance is Important
2. The CEO/Chair Relationship
3. Purpose and Strategy: Defining Your Organisation’s Purpose
4. Risk Management: Managing Different Types of Risk
5. Board Effectiveness: What Does a Good Board Look Like?
6. Transparency, Integrity and Accountability: How to Keep Your Board Out of Trouble
7. Finance: Profit is Not a Dirty Word
8. Engagement: Involving Stakeholders and Board Directors

The interviewees

Those interviewed in the series are:

• Phil Butler, Not-for-Profit Sector Leader, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Patricia Carroll, CEO, St George & Sutherland Community College
• Theresa Collignon, CEO, Macquarie Community College
• Peter Johnston, former Chair, Tamworth Community College & Board Director, Greater Northern Skills Development Group Inc
• David Knowles, Head of Philanthropic & Social Capital, Koda
• David Martin, CEO, Western Riverina Community College
• Michael Newton, Executive Director, WEA Sydney
• Katherine Sainty, Principal, Sainty Law
• Ty Wiggins, Partner, Converge Consulting

Producers were Ellen Leabeater and Miles Martignoni (Heaps Good Media), who did a great job. I was the project manager.