How do women in business get tapped for paid corporate board seats when there is no regulated recruiting process, no guide, no manual, no good old gals club?
Over the years, so many of my clients have expressed that they would like to apply their skill set and expand their business expertise into corporate board advising. They've got the experience, the acumen, the "stuff" that so many boards and businesses need, and yet, these women are not being discovered.
At the end of the day, the process of corporate board placement is so "grey" that most of us aren't really sure how to position ourselves to be tapped as a candidate.
Heather Wolf is the managing director for Trewstar Corporate Board Services.
In this conversation with Heather Wolf, managing director at Trewstar Corporate Board Services, I set out to uncover the inner workings of #corporateboard #recruiting and how women in leadership (+all humans) with or without experience can go about positioning themselves as sparkling candidates for board seats.
Heather and I talk about trends in the board recruiting space, what needs to happen to achieve #genderparity in the #boardroom, and we dig into her world as a board recruiter serving corporations of all types.
***IMPORTANT NOTE*** Heather and her team at Trewstar have placed over 250 individuals on corporate boards since they founded the company. 88% of those placements were women.
This is someone you’re going to want to add to your network immediately.
Get your airpods ready…
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What does your external profile look like? Is it an accurate reflection of who you are and where you want to go with your career? Are you positioned for success outside the four walls of your workplace?
I created WINS to give women the external support they need to maximize their impact and secure their success in business... by putting the power and the story into their hands.
It sounds dramatic, but it's true. So much of the struggle and the success of reaching our goals is about where the power sits -- about who is controlling the narrative -- and who is charged with making the decisions of impact. In your career journey, that should be you.
