A Roadmap to Your Next Board Seat

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.

Tate Pursell brings the perspective of a manufacturing operator, board director, private-equity operating executive, committee chair, and corporate secretary to the challenges facing companies and their boards. He helps manufacturers strengthen strategic oversight, governance effectiveness, board composition, and succession.Across 13 corporate and association boards in manufacturing, distribution, aerospace systems, and business services, Tate has worked on the practical questions that shape board effectiveness: how directors are recruited and onboarded, how committees focus their work, how boards prepare for leadership transitions, and how governance evolves as a company grows. He currently serves as a director and corporate secretary of Air+ and has chaired Compensation/HR committees on two boards.His operating background includes CEO roles at five manufacturing companies and private-equity and sponsor-backed leadership across industrial businesses. Tate holds NACD Directorship Certification, Private Directors Association certificates in Private Company Governance and Private Equity Governance, an NYSE/ISS Certificate of Board Education, and Six Sigma Certification. He is the author of A Roadmap to Your Next Board Seat and Government Vs. Private Sector Financial Management.