Enter the Boardroom with Nurole

Though he started his professional career as a city lawyer in the heart of London, Owen Eastwood is better known as one of the most in-demand performance coaches of the last few years. From his work with sports teams like Team GB and South Africa Cricket to his roles supporting corporate leaders, Owen is renowned for his unique ability to blend empathy and understanding with results-driven performance.Owen's internationally bestselling book, Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness, draws on his Maori roots to deliver team-building and leadership insights grounded in anthropology and cultural traditions. Its teachings have been adopted by organisations and individuals around the world, Nurole included.Join Owen and Nurole CEO Oli Cummings as they discuss the role of belonging cues and communities in enabling performance, the importance of corporate values and culture in creating that belonging in an organisation and how plans and frameworks can be used to guide teams towards harmony and success. 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

In addition to her board roles within the venture capital, private equity and social impact sectors, Schroder BSC Social Impact Chair Susannah Nicklin's professional background in financial services has made her well-versed in risk management and the importance of boards that maximise their return on investment. In a close conversation with Nurole CEO Oli Cummings, Susannah discusses the core strategic and cultural differences between sitting on public and private boards, the evolution of investment trusts at the board level and the role of risk management in keeping boards goal-oriented and fiscally secure.With a highly personable blend of professional and individual perspectives on working with boards, Susannah's insights will provide a narrative-driven exploration of how to better develop both your board and your non-executive profile. 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

Before sitting on the advisory boards of Salary Finance and Natter, Anne-Marie Headley was an award-winning HR professional with over two decades of experience leading change and growth to build high-performance cultures for major organisations like Uber, Google and Cisco.Now, as Anne-Marie increasingly brings her deeply inclusive understanding of people into the boardroom, she sits down with Nurole CEO Oli Cummings to explain how her non-traditional expertise makes her and others like her invaluable to board-level discussion. From tips on securing your first board role to the importance of introducing a culture of experimentation to drive organisations forward, Anne-Marie's fresh perspective on leadership will give contemporary boards the tools they need to put people and culture at the centre of strategy.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

There are few board leaders more well-versed in the education industry than Mary Curnock Cook CBE. In addition to her roles as the Chair of the Dyson Institute, Pearson Education Ltd. and Emerge Education, Mary has developed a diverse portfolio of board-level positions at the London Interdisciplinary School, The Student Room The Student Loan Company, Education Cubed and the Higher Education Policy Institute.Join Mary and Nurole CEO Oli Cummings for an open discussion of what she has learned from her career in education. From the unique challenges of balancing her private and public sector appointments to the importance of training and development for board members, Mary's comprehensive insight will challenge listeners to bring an outcome-focused approach into the boardroom.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

As a titan of the British financial services industry and a veteran Chair, Sir Donald Brydon has lent his insight and experience to the boards of leading corporations like the Royal Mail and the London Stock Exchange as well as fast-growing FinTech disruptors like PrimaryBid and Tide Holdings.Now, he joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings to discuss how seasoned Chairs tailor strategy, composition and assessment frameworks to tackle the unique, situational challenges of each board they lead.  With topics including the dangers of overboarding, the importance of key performance indicators, the differences between boards at different growth stages and lessons learned from 2019's Brydon Review, this episode will resonate with experienced and aspirant board leaders alike.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

[Notice: This episode was recorded before the announcement of Liz Truss's Energy Price Guarantee]As one of Europe's largest renewables investment managers with over £7 billion in assets within the wind, solar and bio-energy sectors, Greencoat Capital has provided significant opportunities for innovators and game-changers in the renewable energy space to accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy. Founder and Managing Director of Greencoat, Richard Nourse, has used his experiences leading energy teams at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Grenfell to drive the company's commitment to revolutionising the industry. Now, he joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings to discuss the future of renewable energy and how boards can best invest their time, talent and resources to navigate it.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

Former record-breaking professional rugby captain, current Chair for Worldwide Cancer Research and founder of the School for CEOs, David Sole OBE, discusses the importance of relationship building in mitigating the challenges of working with and as the Executive Team.  His experiences cover subjects ranging from how to tactfully rotate key leadership roles and the most effective styles of questioning when recruiting new board members to proven frameworks for achieving strategic alignment between the CEO and the board.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

Patrick Dunne has been a committed advocate for social change as the Chair of major charitable organisations like the EY Foundation and ESSA (Education Sub-Saharan Africa). Now he joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings to explain how Youth Advisory Boards, a practical approach to meaningful board diversity, and how universally agreed-upon board vision and purpose can help boards to resonate with stakeholders and achieve better results.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

Experienced Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair Lynne Weedall uses her in-depth understanding of employee engagement to discuss how boards can drive sustainable growth by developing strategies for engaging with and incentivising employees. With roles at major companies like Treatt, Greggs and Stagecoach, Lynne's HR background has given her an in-depth understanding of balancing data with employee feedback, commission schemes as a motivator and the differences between short-cycle and long-cycle loops. 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

Sameer Rahman's experience in executive and consultancy-level data science has made him an invaluable Non-Executive Director on the boards of companies like Benenden Health and the Alliance Homes Group. In this episode, he details how data-driven insights from psychological profiling to customer experience can be broken down to benefit board performance.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