Episode 27: Position yourself for a board seat with Heather Wolf

How do women in business get tapped for paid corporate board seats when there is no regulated recruiting process, no guide, no manual, no good old gals club?

Over the years, so many of my clients have expressed that they would like to apply their skill set and expand their business expertise into corporate board advising. They've got the experience, the acumen, the "stuff" that so many boards and businesses need, and yet, these women are not being discovered. They aren't being sought out. And at the end of the day, the process of board placement is so "grey" that they aren't really sure how to position themselves to be tapped as a candidate. 

In this conversation with Heather Wolf, managing director of Trewstar Corporate Board Services, I set out to uncover the inner workings of corporate board recruiting and how a woman in leadership with or without board experience can go about positioning herself as a sparkling candidate. We talk about trends in the space, what needs to happen to achieve gender parity in the boardroom, and dig into her world as a board recruiter serving corporations of all types.

For the record, Heather and her team at Trewstar have placed over 250 individuals on corporate boards since they founded the company. 88% of those placements were women. Newsflash: This is someone you’re going to want to add to your network immediately.