Leadership Discoveries #24: Board Leadership with Sylvia Cronin, Chartered Director

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You know it best: being an executive leader can be tough. How do you stay inspired and keep moving the business forward with so much going on? Meet Dr. Shirley Kavanagh, Executive Advisor and scholar/practitioner. In each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Presented by Shirley Kavanagh  each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Leadership Discoveries is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favourite podcast platform.

Episode #24

Sylvia Cronin is a highly experienced Chairperson and Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) with an exceptional leadership career spanning financial services, insurance, governance, and regulation. She also currently holds a number of major board roles, including Chairperson of Mercer Global Investments Europe and AIB Life, and Senior Independent Director of FBD Insurance and Canada Life. Hear her advice for board members of tech companies, how a board role differs from an executive leadership role, how to prepare leaders to lead through crises, whether organizations are maximizing their use of AI, and where we’re at in terms of diversity of thought at the board level.

This episode dives into board leadership. Here's a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• How do you become a good technology leader?

• Are we preparing leaders to lead during crises?

• How’s the diversity of thought in boards today?

• Are organizations good at maximizing AI?

• How do you know when to move to a new company?

Connect with Silvia on LinkedIn.

Check out the episode and show notes below.

Show Notes

Board Leadership with Sylvia Cronin, Chartered Director

• [0:27] Welcome back to Leadership Discoveries!

• [0:32] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Sylvia on LinkedIn

• [4:08] How do you become a good technology leader?

• [6:22] How do you lead a tech board as a non-techie person?

• [8:52] How do board positions differ from executive leadership positions?

• [11:50] How much do board members impact the culture of an organization?

• [14:02] Are we preparing leaders to lead during crises?

• [18:56] Are organizations good at maximizing AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

• [25:16] How’s the diversity of thought in boards today?

• [28:32] How do you know when to move to a new company?

• [30:48] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Sylvia on LinkedIn