70. Dawn Marriott - Chairing high-growth companies: getting the best from CEOs, investor-directors and NEDs
Description
Dawn Marriott is a partner at HG, a private equity firm, where she Chairs two portfolio companies. A serial PE Chair, Dawn is also a board member at Geomatikk and Aztecs, where she was formerly CEO. Tune in to Dawn’s conversation with Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings to hear her answers to: What’s the role of a Scale-Up Board? (2:21 ) As a Chair, do you have a particular methodology to draw value out of board members? (4:23 ) Practically, how do you assess the contributions of each board member? (6:20 ) How do you think about new board members versus external consultants when you need specific functional expertise? (9:38 ) What is the different value of independent and investor directors? (12:28 ) How do you think about chairing versus executive chairing? (19:16 ) Do you have a framework for thinking about where and how you amplify CEO performance to best effect? (21:53 ) How do you figure out where you can add most value to CEOs need? (24:49 ) How do you assess both prospective and incumbent CEOs? (26:39 ) Have you spotted any patterns in CEOs who don’t make the cut? (29:50 ) How do you think about board composition and archetypes? (34:15 ) Do you consider the balance of personality types on your boards? (37:19 ) And ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(39:21 )
Show notes and transcript available at https://www.nurole.com/news-and-guides
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