Episode 82: Presidential Perspectives with Barry Rafe
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Get your head out of your book and understand that when you walk into a room, you've got to look at every individual in that room.
A key skill of leadership is actually trying to understand what their view of the world is, and the way you get there is to listen to stories.
Listen to what they, listen to their story, what drives them, what motivates them, what success looks like for them, how they are emotionally connected with the world.”
Barry Rafe, 2011 President of the Actuaries Institute.
Martin Mulcare asks Barry Rafe to share some reflections from his senior leadership experience, including his role as the 2011 (and part of 2018) President of the Actuaries Institute.
In this interview Barry shares:
Why he put his hand up to serve as President of the Actuaries Institute,
How his winding corporate career — from AMP to Accenture to running his own consulting firm — shaped his approach to leadership,
What it really means to chair a board,
The importance of holding firm opinions loosely, and
His top tip for actuaries aspiring to leadership roles.
Barry is a financial services professional with experience as a director, CEO and consultant. Barry is currently a director of a public relations and media business. He presents courses on board governance, strategy and finance for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Barry is a Fellow of the Actuaries Institute, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Barry has published several research papers on board governance. Namely,
• The Special Needs of Financial Services Boards, and
• CEO's Say One Thing and Do Another: An Insight Provided by a Royal Commission
Barry has also collaborated on several other research papers and is a reviewer of the governance notes prepared by the AICD.
Our guest host, Martin Mulcare, is a qualified actuary, experienced senior leader and a talented facilitator. He enjoys working with different types of people and he loves sharing ideas. Formerly the facilitator of the Professionalism Course, Martin is a member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Ethics Centre and is the Chairman of the Board of The Growth Project.
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Views and opinions expressed by guests on this podcast are their own and do not represent the views of their places of work.
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