Board-Seeker: Your Guidebook and Career Map into the Corporate Boardroom
- 2h 35m
- Ralph Ward
- Business Expert Press
- 2018
This is the first practical guide written specifically to help board-ready leaders and executives gain the knowledge, resources, and confidence to shape their successful personal "onboarding" program. Assess the experience you've gained that makes you valuable to a board (there's more than you think). Shape this into a powerful outreach portfolio, including a board resume, online image, and personal pitch. Gain the allies and mentors you'll need (especially your boss), and build a targeted board network. Learn step-by-step how board searches really happen, and how to master each stage. Prepare for the board interview and vetting process, and get ready for your first board meeting.
About the Author
Ralph Ward is an internationally-recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how "benchmark" boards excel, setting personal boardroom goals, and the future of governance worldwide. Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand advice on better boards and directors (www.boardroominsider.com). He also edits The Corporate Board magazine (www.corporateboard.com) the nation's leading corporate governance journal, with corporate subscribers are directors and senior officers across the U.S. and in 27 foreign countries.
In this Book
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So What Makes You "Boardable"?
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Your Board Vitae (and Why You Have More Than You Think)
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Getting Your Boss Onboard
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Finding Your Board Search Mentor
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Networking Into the Boardroom
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The Woman Wannabe's Challenge
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Spreading the Word That You're a Board-Seeker
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How Board Searches Actually Work (and Making Them Work for You)
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Drafting Headhunters Into Your Board Search
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The Board Interview—Questions to Ask, Answers to Seek
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Don't Overlook These Boardroom Possibilities
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Getting Ready for Your First Board Meeting
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The Board Life—Costs, Benefits, and Making It Work for Your Career
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Final Questions for the Board Wannabe
