{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Boardroom 180 Podcast","title":"Designing Your Board of Advisors with Rachel Mielke of Hillberg and Berk","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3044,"description":"Host Munir Haque, in partnership with ActionEdge Executive Development, welcomes guest Rachel Mielke, Founder and CEO of Hillberg & Berk, recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for 2023, Top 40 Under 40 2017, and co-chair of Women Leading Philanthropy, among many other achievements. Rachel talks with Munir about the challenges of starting and growing Hillberg & Berk, and what makes for good governance on a board of directors.\nRachel Mielke’s success story has made her somewhat-of-a Saskatchewan legend, but it isn’t simply the fiscal achievements and scale-up of Hillberg & Berk that Rachel celebrates. From the beginning, her desire has been to work from a social enterprise model and to that end, Hillberg & Berk have made combatting gender-specific issues their mandate and part of the company values. Rachel tells Munir which organizations Hillberg & Berk supports, why, and how she and the board work to ensure every level of the company is infused with these same values.\nBy forming her own board of Advisors and sitting on the boards of several other organizations, Rachel has honed a keen understanding of what makes a good board run well and what stumbling blocks a board can encounter. She shares insights that may seem fundamental but can profoundly impact a board’s success and discusses with Munir what effective governance looks like in her experience. Rachel’s determination to maintain Hillberg & Berk’s social and community commitments is instrumental to how she and her board make decisions and this conversation shines a light on how she and her company have inspired such loyalty and success.\nAbout Rachel Mielke:Rachel Mielke, CEO & Founder of Hillberg & Berk, began the company at her kitchen table. Over 17 years, H&B has expanded to 15 retail stores across Canada, gaining recognition from Dragon's Den to the Olympics and even Queen Elizabeth. \n__\nResources discussed in this episode:'Dragons' Den Update: Hillberg & Berk - Flagship' CBC YouTube video...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/50J1h-ch9CvshY8kMLuNdtkof98-Kc6NxiRjGomrihQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ODE1/N2ZhZjA3OTY1NDVh/MGVlYjAwNzc4YzA1/NmNjNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}