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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Enter the Boardroom lifts the veil on the secretive world of boards, giving you the information you need to get more board roles and become better board members. Join Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings as he sits down with the extraordinary people shaping today's and tomorrow's boardrooms.

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113. Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: Why do incompetent men become leaders? 48:18

9 hours ago48:18

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Dr. Thomas Chamorro-Premuzic is the Chief Innovation Officer at ManpowerGroup and a Professor of Business Psychology. Tune in too hear his thoughts on: How can board members add value during a CEO recruitment process? (2:05) Why do boards still hire incompetent leaders even when they know what traits and behaviours to look out for? (5:51) How should board members assess CEO’s? (13:06) Are psychometric tests useful and worth using? (18:59) What assessments show if a candidate is ‘smart, driven and honest’? (25:57) How do you identify if your CEO is a psychopath? (31:51) How do you remove a narcissist from a board? (37:33) Should boards invest in leadership development for their executives? (38:50) How do you assess someone’s coach-ability? (42:34) and ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(44:47) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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112. Rain Newton-Smith, CBI CEO - How CEOs get most value from their boards 42:16

7 days ago42:16

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Rain Newton-Smith is CBI CEO and NED at F&C Investment Trust. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: What advice would you give to CEOs preparing for a new position? (1:45) How have you built a relationship with your Chair? (8:47) How do you ensure a distinction between the roles of CEO and Chair? (13:36) How do you decide whether to share something with your Chair? (17:17) Can you offer some examples where your board has added value to you? (20.01) How has your background as an economist helped and hindered you? (23:10) What sources of support & challenge do you use as CEO? (27:27) How have your non-exec positions informed the way you operate as CEO? (30:13) And ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(35:01) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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111. John Allan CBE: Chairing listed boards: crises and turnarounds 47:08

14 days ago47:08

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John Allan, CBE, is Co-Founder of J&A Mentoring Partners. He was Chair of Tesco PLC and also served as President of the CBI. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: Why did you feel like you had to step down from your roles at Tesco and the CBI? (1:54) How should boards handle personal reputational risk? (5:15) Would you handle the situation differently now? (7:07) When should chairs step down in a crisis? (7:57) As chair, how did you help turnaround Tesco? (10:14) How can boards balance financial returns with ethical conduct? (13:33) How did you think about strategy at Tesco? (15:48) What questions mould a good strategy? (19:39) As Chair, what frameworks do you use to help organisations with international expansion? (26:06) How did you navigate competitive threats? (28:26) How well did the Tesco board understand competition ? (32:37) How can board members get comfortable that management are on top of competitors (33:58) And ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(39:33) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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110. Pamela Dow - D&I in the boardroom 42:30

21 days ago42:30

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Pamela Dow chaired the government's Inclusion at Work Panel. She is the COO at Civic Future and former exec director at the Cabinet Office. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: What were your key takeaways from the government's D&I review? (1:57) Common mistakes organisations make with DEI? (7:50) What data should inform boards decisions on DEI? (10:02) Which organisations are getting DEI right at the moment? (19:28) What are the biggest barriers to implementing D and I strategies? (26:46) Should boards get involved in politics? (30:11) What is ' HR Britain’? (34:23) And ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(40:00) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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109. Professor Stanislav Shekshnia - How to be a good board Chair 43:00

28 days ago43:00

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Stanislav Shekshnia is a professor at INSEAD, where he directs board development programs. He is Chair of TechnoEnergy AG and has held numerous chair and director positions across the EU and US. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: How should Chairs prepare for new roles? (1:42) What can Chairs do to build a sense of team on their boards? (5:42) What are the most effective means boards can use to assess themselves? (13:21) Do you see value in constructive disagreement on boards? (15:51) Do Chairs need industry expertise? (22:21) How do you assess facilitation skills in prospective Chairs? (25:28) How do you handle a CEO who isn’t engaging with the board? (27:56) Would we be better off using professional facilitators or AI instead of Chairs? (30:39) How do you assess yourself as a Chair? (32:09) What do Chairs need to do to own the prep work? (35:38) ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(39:14) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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108. Angela Seymour-Jackson - horizontal board careers, AI and CEO succession 47:42

5 weeks ago47:42

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Angela Seymour-Jackson is Chair of Page Group, Deputy Chair of Pikl, SID at TrustPilot Group, and NED at Future and Janus Henderson Group. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: Can you describe your journey into the boardroom? (1:47) As Chair, what archetypes do you want around the board table? (6:25) What frameworks do you use to understand the range of organisations across your portfolio? (12:32) How do you understand businesses which have less obvious purposes? (17:54) How do you make sure technology is sufficiently embedded in your organisation? (20:04) How are you approaching AI specifically? (23:23) How do you identify and prioritise strategic discussion points like AI on your boards? (28:15) How do you approach CEO succession? (32:15) Are boards too reactive when it comes to succession? (39:11) ⚡The Lightning round ⚡(42:55) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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107. Nadhim Zahawi, former Chancellor of the Exchequer - How government and business should leverage non-exec expertise 46:41

6 weeks ago46:41

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Nadhim Zahawi is a former cabinet minister and Conservative Party chair. Before his parliamentary career, he founded YouGov, where he was CEO for a decade. Tune in to hear Nadhim’s thoughts on: What have been your sliding doors moments in your journey into the boardroom? (1:58) How did you cut through bureaucracy with the Vaccine Task Force? (10:59) How do you deal with the court of public opinion as someone from a commercial background? (17:50) You brought in previous education secretaries as a pop-up board when you took on the role - was it effective? (24:37) Does government (and business) need a more agile means of accessing external expertise? (30:50) Should people with commercial backgrounds bother applying for government roles? (34:29) Were there specific moments when board members created breakthroughs at YouGov? (36:56) How do you reflect on your decision to go public? (39:46) And ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(43:48) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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106. Tamara Box - Advisory & professional services boards 50:16

7 weeks ago50:16

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Tamara Box is a partner at Reed Smith LLP, Chair at Interpath Advisory & The Eve Appeal, NED at Hanover Capital, and Trustee at the Chartered Management Institute. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: Why and how did you put in place an advisory board at Reed Smith? (2:10) Given the talent around the table, why are so many boards dysfunctional? (6:21) How did your advisory board add value to you, and where could it have added more value? (9:29) What would you do differently if you were setting up your advisory board again? (15:49) What challenges did the InterPath board face, transitioning to PE ownership? (19:03) As a board member, what heuristics do you use to understand professional services businesses? (22:21) How do you engage with the exec on vision and strategy? (27:30) How do professional services boards think about beating competition? (28:50) What opportunities did PE ownership provide you as a board? (33:18) How have you built your plural career? (36:37) As Chair, what are you looking for in candidates? (41:35) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(44:01) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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105. Eamon Devlin - Board meetings as half-time team talks: boardroom lessons from elite sport 41:20

8 weeks ago41:20

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Eamon Devlin is adjunct professor and associate fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, founder of Minute9, an elite sports consultancy, and co-founder of MJ Hudson, a private equity law firm. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: To what extent do board meetings resemble half-time team talks for the executive? (1:53) How do you decide who should be present at half-time, and can boards use similar criteria? (5:07) How can you get external voices into the discussion without derailing it? (6:42) What lessons can board members learn from alignment around the purpose of team talks? (8:55) What have you learnt about transitioning into team talks that could apply to board meetings? (12:22) How can boards foster the kind of experimental mindset we see in elite sport? (20:59) Can you explain how Chairs might use the ctrl-alt-delete speech in board meetings? (23:00) Do you have any other storytelling tips board members might find helpful? (28:23) Where did the board add value to you at MJ Hudson, and where could they have added more value? (34.28) What are the biggest risks boards need to be aware of when a company goes public? (37:06) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(38:49) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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104. Nuala Walsh - Key biases board members need to know to increase influence and reduce decision risk 46:39

9 weeks ago46:39

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Nuala Walsh is NED at British & Irish Lions and Basketball Ireland, Chair of Innocence Project London, Founding Director of the Global Association of Behavioural Scientists and author of Tune in . Listen to hear her thoughts on: Can you bring to life, blind, dead and dumb spots - the trilogy of errors that lead to bad decisions? ( 2:00 ) If these errors are often unconscious, how can board members know if they are making them? ( 6:07 ) How can board members apply the perimeters framework to determine whether they’re being impacted by their biases? ( 7:15 ) When should they use it? ( 13:52 ) Is there an antidote to these biases? ( 20:18 ) Are there examples from your own experience where you’ve been able to help a board think differently and reach a better decision as a result? ( 23:23) I once failed to prevent a deal which had backing because of interpersonal dynamics rather than economics - what could I have done differently to persuade people? (28:39) Can you reverse-engineer the perimeters framework to influence other people’s decisions? (31:42) How have you built your plural career? (39:03)⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(42:26) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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103. Gerry Brown - Disaster in the boardroom: 6 board dysfunctions you need on your risk register 47:12

10 weeks ago47:12

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Gerry Brown is Chair of Novaquest Capital Management and G Brown Associates. A plural Chair and NED across private equity, family and listed businesses, Gerry is co-author of three books about boards, including Disaster in the Boardroom . Tune in to hear his thoughts on: Is there such a thing as a comprehensive risk checklist applicable to all boards? ( 2:07 ) How do you apply your framework of the six archetypal board dysfunctions on the boards you sit on? ( 4:01 ) With a limited number of seats, how do you ensure you get the right voices in the boardroom? ( 6:57 ) How do you bring outside voices into the boardroom? ( 9:04) Can you talk about the problem of the distended board at Uber? ( 12:27 ) Are some dysfunctional archetypes more prevalent than others? ( 16:37 ) What relevance do these dysfunctions have beyond big corporates? ( 19:48) What advice would you give a new board member who wants to challenge a successful CEO? ( 23:54 ) How do you define and measure healthy board culture? ( 28:50 ) Can you give an example where you’ve changed a problematic board culture? ( 32:42 ) When haven’t you been able to change board culture? ( 34:59 ) How do you remove control shareholders who are damaging other stakeholders? ( 35:38 ) How do you assess independent directors as a Chair? ( 37:29 ) How do you assess integrity? ( 39:52 ) What professional development do you undertake? ( 40:43 ) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡( 44:12 ) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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102. Dr. Douglas Gurr, ex Amazon China President - How boards add most value to CEOs: forecasting, challenge, ways of working, the environment and AI 45:28

11 weeks ago45:28

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When have boards added most value to you as an exec? ( 2:48 ) When was the last time your board challenged you as CEO? ( 5:38 ) How can non-execs challenge execs, without compromising trust? ( 7:05 ) How have you and the board of the Natural History Museum got comfortable that your 550m transformation project won’t overrun? ( 8:52 ) Could you distill Amazon’s ways of working and how they might apply to boards? ( 12:33 ) Can non-execs help instil good judgement in execs? ( 18:46 ) What are the other ways in which non-execs can materially impact their organisations? ( 25:12 ) How should board members be thinking about AI? ( 28:44 ) What can board members do to better undertake their environmental responsibilities? ( 32:44 ) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡( 35:11 ) Audience Q&A ( 40:57 ) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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101. Christmas Bonus: Dr. Ali Parsa - The rise and fall of Babylon Health 45:56

12 weeks ago45:56

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Ali Parsa founded Babylon Health, which he grew to a $4.1bn equity valuation in 2021 before it entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in 2023. Tune in to hear this amazing story, including Ali’s thoughts on: How has your backstory, escaping Iran in the 80s, informed your approach to entrepreneurship? ( 2:20 ) How have you managed to fundraise so successfully? ( 3:21 ) What advice do you have for others who are fundraising? ( 8:01) How did you scale revenues so quickly?(11:24) How did you break into the right distribution channels? ( 15:12 ) How do you identify the right person at partner organisations? ( 16:18 ) Was launching in the UK rather than US a mistake? ( 20:40 ) How did you decide which markets to go after? ( 25:06 ) What can board members do to encourage better cross-functional collaboration? ( 28:24 ) What value did you get from investor-directors? ( 31:13 ) What lessons did you learn through bankruptcy? ( 35:44 ) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡( 38:39 ) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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100. Professor Amy C. Edmondson - Psychological safety: how boards have the best conversations to make the best decisions 42:52

12 weeks ago42:52

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Amy C. Edmondson is a Professor of Leadership & Management at Harvard Business School. Ranked #1 management thinker in the world by Thinkers50, Amy has written seven books, including Right Kind of Wrong and the fearless organization. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: What is psychological safety and why does it matter for board members? ( 1:44 ) Can we overcome our fear of what others think of us, even if we’re aware of it? ( 4:02 ) Isn’t psychological safety just a grandiose term for inclusion? ( 5:12 ) As board members, what should we be looking at to assess our organisation’s psychological safety? ( 7:24 ) Are there predictable events that trigger drops in psychological safety? ( 10:16 ) How can organisations mitigate the impact of remote work on psychological safety? ( 13:10 ) How can boards increase the quality of their conversations through psychological safety? ( 14:14 ) Can you talk about “setting the stage” and specific tactics boards can use to have more candid conversations? ( 17:02 ) How do you sanction violations whilst maintaining psychological safety? ( 19:27 ) How would you advise board members to challenge execs in meetings? ( 24:46 ) How can boards decide if their CEO is a difficult genius to stick with or someone they should let go? ( 26:11 ) Where do we go wrong when thinking about failure? ( 28:51 ) When is it right to proceed via first principles versus A|B testing? ( 34:50 ) Could the boards at VW, Wells Fargo and Nokia have prevented their respective failures? ( 36:08) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡( 40:01 ) Host : Oliver Cummings Producer : Will Felton Editor : Alex Fish Music : Kate Mac Audio : Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web : https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom…

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99. Sara Weller CBE - Building a plural career across the private and public sectors, representing customers and disability in the boardroom 43:20

13 weeks ago43:20