Secrets for women seeking career success

Many female executives who are seeking to get onto a public or private company board are going about it in the wrong way, say Nancy Calderon and Susan Stautberg, authors of the new book Women on Board. Pursuing a board position is not the same as looking for a job. Interviewing for a job requires you to demonstrate your leadership skills, while interviewing for a director's position requires you to demonstrate how well you'd fit into the board's culture, according to the book.

To uncover the secrets behind the deliberations of nominating committees and determine how successful women directors have been able to thrive in the boardroom, Calderon and Stautberg set out on a global fact-finding mission. They interviewed dozens of chairmen, chief executive officers, search executives, succession experts and other directors willing to share their lessons learned.

Available in both electronic and print format, the book tackles today's most pressing questions for women pursuing board seats and how to be effective in the role of director.