(0:00) Intro.(1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:07) Start of interview. (2:58) Oliver's origin story.(7:00) His experience in private equity with PE-backed boards.(9:57) About the mission and focus of Nurole, the UK-based board search firm where he serves as CEO. (12:27) On Nurole's network of 65,000+ board leaders (two parts: free and paid offerings).(20:16) Demystifying the board search process, four key stages:Briefing stageSourcing processAssessment phaseOnboarding (ongoing support)(25:19) From a board candidate perspective.(28:14) On board evaluations.(32:44) Common characteristics of directors in board placements (they place ~1,000 directors per year).(33:50) On board culture and values of directors.(37:00) On specialized directors.(43:16) Differences between UK and US boards.Role of the ChairBoard searchBoard compensationLitigation Risk(48:35) Other board issues to consider: 1) are boards generating value, and 2) revisiting board education.(52:48) About his podcast Enter the Boardroom.(55:15) His favorite episodes: Roger Martin, Baroness Helena Morrissey and Sir Richard Dearlove.(59:20) Books that have greatly influenced his life: The Aeneid, by Virgil (19 BC)Mindset, by Carol Dweck (2006)How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clay Christensen (2012)(01:00:30) His mentors. (01:02:13) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives his life by.(01:03:16) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves: the Eglu chicken coop.(01:04:45) The living person he most admires.Oliver Cummings is the CEO of Nurole, a UK-based board search firm with 65,000+ members globally and about 1,000 board placements per year. He's also the host of the Enter the Boardroom Podcast. You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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