Paul Smith 1/12/22 Paul Smith 1/12/22

New governance awards celebrates innovators flipping the boardroom on its head

Board training & education company Future Directors Institute (FDI) announces the launch and call-for-entries for their annual Future Director Awards. Now in its second year, the award categories have been expanded to include Future Boards as well as Future Directors based in Australia and New Zealand.

Paul Smith 5/8/22 Paul Smith 5/8/22

Board performance begins in the bedroom

We’re writing about mental burnout off the back of a recent convo FDI had with Dr Jaelea Skehan, Director of Everymind. Specifically its impact on board directors, the boardroom, and how to create a workplace culture that prevents it from happening.

Paul Smith 27/4/22 Paul Smith 27/4/22

Leah Fricke named inaugural Future Director for 2022.

The Future Directors Institute (FDI) has selected Leah Fricke for the first-ever Future Director Award.

Paul Smith 11/4/22 Paul Smith 11/4/22

Inaugural Future Director Award chooses six finalists for 2022

The Future Directors Institute (FDI) has today announced the first-ever Future Director Award finalists.

This new award seeks to recognise next level Non Executive Board Directors pulling their organisations toward a fairer, safer, smarter future.

Paul Smith 25/3/22 Paul Smith 25/3/22

6 reasons your WHY is the most important part of your board director journey

Paul Smith 29/11/21 Paul Smith 29/11/21

Inaugural Future Director Award open to future-fit board directors

Paul Smith 29/11/21 Paul Smith 29/11/21

How to spot a Future Director

Technology’s growing. Society’s shifting. Economies are morphing. The business world and real world are blurring together. With lots of change (but also promise) on the horizon, boards need a new kind of board director fit to tackle it and lead their organisations into a fairer, safer, smarter future.

Paul Smith 16/8/21 Paul Smith 16/8/21

Three things every great board has

Paul Smith 20/7/21 Paul Smith 20/7/21

From bystander to board director

Paul Smith 1/7/21 Paul Smith 1/7/21

Inspired for Impact: What do we need to change in the boardroom?

Recently, I joined Christina Gerakiteys, co-CEO of SingularityU Australia on the ‘Inspired for Impact’ podcast.

I was invited to discuss 5 important elements that I think need to change in the boardroom in order for them to be more effective. It was such a great chat, I wanted to share the key messages of my chat here with you (including two additional factors exclusive to this article).