Being a top-flight board member with Naomi Kent

About this episode

Naomi Kent discusses her experiences helping leaders become effective board members and the insights she's gained from working with top executives.

Naomi Kent has been working helping senior executives and leaders find the right company boards to sit on, and then be engaged and productive board members while there. She’s worked overseas and in New York and Chicago, and is now based in Naples. On this episode of From the Corner Office, Naomi and Business Observer Managing Editor Mark Gordon talked about the themes and patterns she has seen in working with top executives and leaders, and how leaders can position themselves to get on boards. 3 Takeaways: (07:20) Boards like board members from other industries (10:40) Most people join a board before they retire (18:25) Great leaders hire great people Timestamps: (00:00) Introducing Naomi Kent, Founder and CEO, The Boardroom Co. (03:17) Leadership habits you refuse to comprise on (05:10) What is The Boardroom Co.? (07:00) Joining boards outside of your industry (11:00) How did you get involved with boards? (13:00) Do’s and don’ts of being a board member (15:10) Curiosity and clarity (18:00) What makes a successful CEO? (20:10) How do you become a board member? (24:30) What are you looking forward to for the rest of the year? Join us every week as we interview business leaders to…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Gordon

Guest: Naomi Kent

Topics covered

• board membership
• leadership
• executive roles
• career development
• industry diversity

Keywords

• board members
• leadership habits
• executive boards
• career positioning
• successful CEOs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Boardroom Co.

Places: Naples, New York, Chicago

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