Becoming a Boardroom Star

Becoming a Boardroom Star is designed to offer practical advice and insights to directors who want to shine in the boardroom – earning the genuine esteem of their peers, the respect of senior management and, most importantly, adding real value for stakeholders. Not only is it brimming with terrific ideas to help you raise your boardroom game and avoid common pitfalls, it’s fun to read – a refreshing take on the sometimes stodgy world of governance.\nOver the past 25 years, Beverly Behan has worked with nearly 200 Boards of Directors across the United States and around the world - from recent IPOs to the Fortune 500. Much of her work involved board and director evaluations, where board members spoke to her in confidence about the capabilities and contributions of their peers. She’s interviewed more than a thousand directors about these issues. Becoming a Boardroom Star was developed from those discussions.\nFrom New Directors to the Chair of the Board, this book offers genuinely worthwhile insights for directors at any stage of their boardroom career –be that in the Fortune 500, a private company or a local charity. It can help any board member to achieve a truly noble objective, that of becoming a boardroom star.