Preparing Your Enterprise to Scale: Leadership & Governance

Impact investors back social enterprises with standout leaders and solid governance. But what exactly are the features that set successful social enterprises apart and what do you need to strengthen in order to take your people and governance to the next level, and position yourself for investment?

This value-packed workshop will explore how to build an effective team and team culture, and implement the practical governance framework that investors look for.

Leadership Space will share the critical building blocks to create a leadership and staff team that generates value to the organisation. As social purpose specialists in the areas of executive leadership development, team leadership and organisational development, Leadership Space will guide you in how to develop, lead and grow teams that are aligned, cohesive and effective whilst fostering a culture of inclusively and wellbeing.

Margaret Scott, member of Social Impact Hub’s Professional Impact Network, will share the importance and principles of good governance, Board/Advisory Committee skills review and gap analysis and the benefits of access to networks/customer base gained from an Advisory Committee/Board.

Beyond essential legal and financial obligations, learn how to thoughtfully find, recruit and activate a robust elite Board/Advisory Committee that will help you succeed. Margaret will share insightful and practical strategies to help you get the most out of those backing you.

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to drive the next phase of growth for your business. Grab your ticket to this value-packed masterclass today!

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Elise Sernik PCC | Leadership Space

Elise is an executive and team coach, strategy consultant, leadership and culture change facilitator and trainer with a long history of specialising in the social purpose sector. She founded Leadership Space to help the sector fulfil its critical role in the Australian and global economy. Over the past 15 years, Elise has worked with hundreds of leaders across the sector helping them to unlock their ability to set strategic direction, lead, team, partner and accelerate the achievement of meaningful social impact.

Elise holds qualifications in executive and team coaching, neuro-leadership, gestalt psychotherapy and mindfulness. Her approach spans the personal, the organisational and the systemic, which provides her with a style that clients often describe as dynamic, engaging and transformational. In 2015 Elise was honoured to be recognised by ICF NSW for her contribution to the Non-profit Sector.

Sarit Vandegraaff PCC | Leadership Space

Sarit is an experienced executive, leadership, team and organisational coach and facilitator who has worked locally and globally with leaders at all levels from a cross section of industries, including the social purpose sector. Her first leadership career was in the retail and finance industries, and she continues to coach and support commercial organisations through her role as Head of Coaching with TranExec.

Sarit is a passionate advocate for equipping leaders with the tools that they require to lead strategically, and effectively, with their people at the front and centre of their leadership. More recently Sarit has been honoured to take several programs that she designed for TranExec to universities and organisations in the UK and India. This brings together her depth of skills and experience in coaching, Emotional Intelligence and Conversational Intelligence® (the neuroscience of conversations), to a global cohort of coach practitioners.

Margaret Scott GAICD | Consultant, Social Impact Hub

Margaret Scott is an experienced consultant, facilitator and executive coach. She is also a nationally accredited mediator. Margaret’s expertise spans health, social and environmental issues in diverse sectors at community, regional, state and national levels. Leadership development, governance, strategy and conflict resolution are areas of particular interest and expertise.

Margaret had held senior roles in government as well as key strategic roles in the not-for-profit and tertiary education sectors. She is passionate about social justice and advancing human rights, is an experienced company director and has worked with many not-for-profit boards across a spectrum of organisations. Her experience encompasses mental health, homelessness, housing, domestic violence, chronic disease, sexual health, HIV/AIDS, disability, ageing, advocacy and access to justice. Margaret has worked with many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and a diversity of marginalised groups.