Everything Dawn Lepore said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Lepore: Non-profit board experience does not prepare you for corporate boards
“I hear people say, Well, I'm on lots of nonprofit boards, so therefore I can do a public or private, you know, corporate board. They're nothing like each other. Nothing at all. As far as I'm concerned, doing nonprofits, which are great things to do, that's not…”
Lepore: Board Seats Help Functional Leaders Transition to General Executives
“One of the things that's interesting that's a theme, if you're, if you grow up in a functional area, I was CIO of Schwab, I grew up in technology, I think it's a wonderful way to broaden yourself. I mean, it's hard to break out of your functional area and beco…”
Lepore: Aspiring public directors must get direct public board experience
“If you want to be on public boards, you need to get your first public board. Now that can be by going on a private board that goes public, but if you really want to be on public boards, Long term. At some point, you need to be on a public board, because they a…”
Lepore: Corporate boards do not recruit for single-topic functional slots
“There's no slots. Like, I don't think of slots, right? I mean, to your point, you're, you can't be a one-topic board member. That just doesn't work, and you're not contributing to the board, so I think every, Companies different, and you've probably found that…”
Lepore: New board members should listen rather than speak
“Board meetings can go awry if somebody wants to hear themselves talk, and so you need to know that you don't always have to say something. So I think that's, and I always tell people when they're new on a board, do a lot of listening.”
Lepore networked for 20 months before securing her first board seat
“I networked for about 20 months before I got my first board”
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