Corporate Directors

The Board Game presents the undeniable case for having more women corporate directors at the decision-making tables of America's public companies. Fifty-eight women directors tell how they won their first board seats. From her executive-search perspective, author Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire gives valuable advice to women at all career stages - so YOU, your sisters, your mothers, and your daughters will have a chance to win The Board Game.

Women on corporate boards is strictly a business issue. Independent research studies demonstrate that public companies with women on their boards are more profitable, more productive, and their workforce is better engaged. Even more compelling, shareholders large and small have the best chance for positive returns on their investments when women are on the boards.

In Landing a Corporate Board Position, Carla’s invaluable guide to landing a board role offers the encouragement, candor, and trustworthy insights you would expect from your closest friend—provided that friend happens to be an expert on how to realize your dream of becoming a director. She writes with the wisdom and clarity acquired en route to securing her corporate board role. Along the way, Carla dispels the myths surrounding this elusive process that might otherwise baffle and discourage aspiring directors and unravels the mysteries of how to enhance every facet of your board ...

A new edition of the number one book in the human computer interaction field! This book seeks to chart the technology-fueled changes taking place in the field of corporate governance and describes the impact these changes are having on boards and the enterprises they govern. It also describes what the future could look like once companies truly embrace the power of technology to change governance. Additionally, this book will provide a set of "suggested action steps" for companies and their boards focused on ways they can leverage technology tools to enhance governance immediately.

Learn the 25 keys to the role of the Board of Directors and the important points in helping to guide the Board's policy and strategy. The Board of Directors is part of the New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a 12-volume reference tool for all businesspersons.

Melissa Wycroft is FemTech’s new shrink director. Her job: match high-level executives with shrunken playthings to ward off job fatigue. Taylor Jackson is the first exec to try the service. Her first toys: Adam and Emily!