Authors

Articles by Aaron Goldsworthy

A Senior Consultant with Australian Strategic Services, Aaron assists boards and individual directors to not only understand what their duties at law are but understand key concepts underlying organisations and how these enable fundamental governance principles and practices.

Articles by Aaron Hurst

Aaron Hurst is CEO of Imperative, a technology platform helping organisations build cultures alive with purpose. He is also the founder of the Taproot Foundation and author of The Purpose Economy. Aaron also served on the board of Boardsource. Follow him on Twitter: @Aaron_Hurst.

Articles by Adele Johns

Adele Johns, was executive officer of Community Compass Inc., working to build the capacity of non-profit organisations in understanding financial management. Adele is highly suited to the sector in both her passion and educational background. Adele has a Bachelor Degree in Commerce from the University of Newcastle and is currently completing a PhD in the area of ‘Governance and Accountability of the non-profit sector’ with University South Australia. Adele has held numerous board and committee positions over the last 30 years, led (non-profit) audit teams in public practice and now having the benefit of 9 years of experience working in the non profit sector at Community Compass Inc guiding organisations to a brighter financial future by equipping treasurers, board members and CEOs in understanding and implementing financial management strategies.

Articles by Alan Hough

Alan Hough, PhD, is a sometimes academic, sometimes consultant and sometimes practicing board member. He was a Senior Research Fellow with QUT’s Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, and has published on governance theory, board monitoring practices, and board involvement in strategy. More recently, Alan has worked as a consultant assisting disability service providers prepare for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and in embracing purpose-driven organisational models. He is the lead author on the chapter on Australia in Global Best Practices For NGO Boards: Lessons From Around the World

Articles by Amantha Imber

Dr Amantha Imber is an innovation psychologist, best-selling author, and founder of Australia’s leading innovation consultancy Inventium. Inventium has been recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing companies in the BRW Fast 100 list in both 2015 and 2016, and was also awarded the BRW Client Choice Award for Best Management Consultancy in Australia. In 2016, Amantha was inducted into the Australian Business Women’s Hall of Fame. With a PhD in organisational psychology, Amantha has helped companies such as Google, Coca- Cola, Disney, LEGO, Red Bull, American Express, Virgin Australia, Commonwealth Bank and many others innovate more successfully.

Articles by Barb Barkley

Barb is Lead Coach and Managing Director with Brava Coaching and Senior Coach with Leadership Space. Barb partners with Executives, Teams and Organisations through coaching and facilitation to co-create positive team and cultural dynamics; and work with leaders to clarify strategic priorities for sustainable business outcomes.

Articles by Beth McConnell

Beth McConnell is passionate about improving the way boards and teams work together, providing practical guidance to boards, directors and executive teams to empower them to achieve their organisation’s strategic goals. Beth provides a range of services to boards, including board reviews, board training, tailored workshops, facilitation and coaching – bridging the gap between theory and practice. Beth focuses on improving the way boards and executive teams work together, to empower them to achieve their organisation’s strategic goals.

Articles by Brenton Cox

Brenton Cox works independently as a consultant to not-for-profit organisations and charities. He is based in Adelaide but he operates Australia-wide and his areas of expertise include social enterprises, not-for-profit start-up work, governance, accounting/finance, training and technical/compliance matters. He has worked extensively as an adviser to not-for-profit boards and has served on a number of boards himself. He is passionate about the effective functioning of for-purpose organisations and initiatives.

Articles by Bruce Mullan

Bruce Mullan is CEO and Founder of The Purpose Driven Group – a boutique management consultancy dedicated to the for-purpose sector. They apply corporate strategies to help for-purpose organisations do good, and do well. Previously, Bruce, a former consultant with PWC, provided consulting services over many years to large corporate organisations in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Asia and the UK. To date, Bruce and the Purpose Driven team has helped charities, community care organisations, disability care providers, aged care providers and like-minded organisations to optimise their people, culture, processes and business systems to grow, save money or do better.

Articles by Caralyn Lammas

Caralyn Lammas is the President and Member of the Executive of the South Australian Council of Adult Literacy. Caralyn was previously a Training Officer for Leadership Development and Community Engagement for the YWCA of Adelaide where she coordinated the SHE Leads Board Training workshop. Caralyn has seven years’ experience on South Australian state school Governing Councils and committees, five in leadership roles and two in strategic planning. She has 18 months’ experience facilitating best practice governance workshops for SA state schools in behalf of the South Australian Association of State School Organisations.