A Roadmap to Your Next Board Seat: How Senior Executives Get Directorships

Many experienced executives are board-ready - but not yet board-selected.

Many senior executives have the experience, judgment, and leadership record to make solid contributions in the boardroom. But being qualified for board service is not the same as being selected for a specific board role.

Being board-ready means having relevant operating and functional experience, sound judgment, governance capability, and the maturity to serve as a director. Becoming board-selected requires more: translating experience into a clear board value proposition, aligning it with a company's future needs, and building relationships.

A Roadmap to Your Next Board Seat: How Senior Executives Get Directorships is a practical guide for senior executives and current directors who want to become better positioned to be selected for the right directorships.

This book gives executives and current directors a practical framework for closing that gap. Readers will learn how to:

• Clarify what they bring to a board beyond their career history
• Identify companies and boards where their experience is most relevant
• Build a board-focused profile and narrative
• Develop the right relationships
• Build and execute a proactive, relationship-based outreach plan
• Prepare for the distinct realities of board interviews and director selection

Written by Tate Pursell, an experienced board director, former manufacturing CEO, and private equity operating executive with service on 13 corporate and association boards, A Roadmap to Your Next Board Seat draws on practical experience in governance, board composition, director selection, strategy, succession, and private-company value creation. Tate can help you help decision-makers see the fit.

For executives and directors who are ready to move from board-ready to board-selected, this book offers a clear, realistic path forward.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tatum & Davis
Published: 10/01/2026
ISBN: 9798997861001
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d