Women's Leadership Success

Women's Leadership Success


How Women Leaders Get Their First Seat On A Corporate Board-Part 2

March 11, 2012

If you heard Part 1 of Sabrina Braham's interview with Ann Manix, you know that being named to a board can be an invaluable career tool for any woman business leader. (If you missed Part 1, be sure and listen to it by clicking on this link: Download Women's Leadership Success Interview #33 Here

You've learned the benefits of being on a board, how to get noticed through networking and "courting" board members, as well as which kinds of executive expertise will be most beneficial in advancing your career.

Now it's time to find out what is expected and how to act once you take your seat at the boardroom table. There are unwritten rules of corporate board etiquette that women can use to their advantage when becoming a member of "the old boys' club." You'll learn those rules in this program!

Listen as executive coach Sabrina Braham talks to Ann Manix about:

Maximizing your board experience.

The unspoken rule that must be observed during your first year on the board as a women.

Why you must never take notes during board meetings.

How keeping silent makes you look smarter and more confident.

Utilizing off-line meetings to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and understanding.

Tricks you can use to get the guys to listen to your ideas.

The difference between regular networking and board member networking.

Which publications are required reading for board members.?

Why you must understand what the shareholders and company want from the board.

Determining exactly what your role on the board entails.

How a certified professional executive coach can advance a woman's leadership success.

The games you should learn to play to be on equal footing with other board members.

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