Leesa Chesser

Episode 84 - Mentoring and advisory boards does one beget the other with Leesa Chesser

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Mentoring and advisory boards does one beget the other with Leesa Chesser

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Today on the Take on Board podcast, Helga is speaking to Leesa Chesser about AICD chairs mentoring program and why advisory boards are a great way to build your portfolio career.

Leesa is a Non-Executive Director, and mentor who builds and Chairs Advisory Boards for start ups, SME’s, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises to create value in the health and human services, infrastructure, defence and space industries.

She is on the boards of Community Options Australia Sydney, Hen House Co-operative Ltd Adelaide and chairs or sits on several advisory boards in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide in the start up space, social enterprises and the GOGO Foundation.

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Contact Leesa or find out more about her:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leesa-chesser-ned/

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Reith Lectures: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9

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Take on Board podcast episodes Leesa mentions:

• What barrier? Getting more in women in the boardroom with Jan Easton

• Can I get some help over here? Tips for putting together an advisory board with Louise Broekman

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Leesa is on the boards of these start up organisations:

• Community Options Australia https://communityoptions.net.au/

• Frank https://www.frankapp.ai/

• Recovery Partners https://www.rrp.com.au/

• Sarz Sanctuary https://sarz-sanctuary.org/

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Take on Board event, 16 March 2021 – The Importance of Cyber Security

Helga’s Board KickStarter and Board Accelerator programs: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/events

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Details about the 2021 Board Accelerator: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=665780&

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For more information about Helga Svendsen:  https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/

Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithme

To contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au

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