Beyond the Founder with BoardLite

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Beyond the Founder with BoardLite explores what really happens as businesses grow. Hosted by governance expert Lisa Coletta and business growth strategist Nigel Pollard, each episode unpacks the leadership, governance and decision-making challenges that emerge as organisations move beyond founder-led businesses. From slowing decisions and accountability gaps to board dynamics, strategy, leadership capability and behavioural governance, Lisa and Nigel combine decades of practical experience helping founders build businesses that scale with confidence. Whether you're a founder, CEO, executive or board member, you'll gain practical insights to help you build stronger governance, clearer decision-making and more resilient organisations.

Recent Episodes

SEP 13, 2026

Podcast 2 - Everyone's Busy, Nothing's Moving

Your leadership team is busy. Meetings are full. Everyone is working hard. So why does it sometimes feel like the business still isn’t moving? In this episode of Beyond the Founder with BoardLite, Lisa Coletta and Nigel Pollard explore what happens when a growing founder-led business begins relying on effort rather than a clear operating rhythm. They unpack the gap between discussion and execution, why meetings can become rituals rather than drivers of movement, and how unclear ownership, wea...

13 MIN

JUL 28, 2026

Podcast 1 - Why decisions slow down as your business grows

Why Decisions Slow Down as Your Business Grows As your business grows, you hire capable people, build a leadership team and put structures around how the business operates. So why do so many decisions still find their way back to you? In the first episode of Beyond the Founder with BoardLite, Lisa Coletta and Nigel Pollard explore one of the most common patterns in growing founder-led businesses: when the founder becomes the single point of decision-making. They unpack the behavioural dynamic...

10 MIN