Wanted → A Board Career The definitive playbook for landing a board seat
Co-authored by Naomi Kent and award-winning author Marlo Lyons. Discover the roadmap to join public, private, or nonprofit boards.
About the Book
Wanted → A Board Career: The Definitive Playbook for Landing a Board Seat, is a comprehensive guide to help ambitious professionals prepare for and secure their first board seat. From understanding the experience and attributes boards look for, to navigating your professional network and interviews, this book breaks down every step. Whether your goal is a corporate or nonprofit board, this guide gives you the clarity and strategy you need to stand out.
“I have known Naomi for more years than we both care to recall, but she has always been a fact-based, rigorous consummate professional. She knows intimately the landscape of board governance on a global basis and has offered a worthy addition to the topics here.”
Kerry Moynihan, Executive Search (Desmond Partners, Korn Ferry, ZRG, Boyden)
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What's inside the book. Chapters covered
Why join a board?
Determine your motivation and identify and define your values.
Find board opportunities
Find out how to build the right relationships, create a strategy and read case studies that describe what works and what doesn’t to get your noticed for your next board role.
Which board is right for you?
Uncover the types of boards that exist and make your choice based on a number of key questions.
Preparation and interview
What to expect in a board interview, how to research and prepare, what they look for and what questions to ask.
Prepare your brand
From your spoken value proposition pitch, to your board materials, prepare your brand to resonate with board recruiting audiences.
Your first 90 days on a board
Everything you need to know from onboarding to negotiating your package to making sure you get a head-start to your board career.
ABOUT Book
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01.
Crafting Your Board-Ready Profile
Learn how to position your professional experience, skills, and personal brand to attract attention from board recruiters and nominating committees.
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Expert Advice
Marlo Lyons and Naomi Kent speak to some of the most experienced board members and search consultants in the world to provide you with expert advice.
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Achieve Your Goals
Create motivation to achieve your goals over the long term. A board career can take years to build so stay on track with our career goal setting framework!
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