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Lila MacLellan

10 books every board member should read

Five book covers, including Elon Musk and The Chancellor (Credit: From left, courtesy of Simon & Schuster; Flatiron Books; Simon & Schuster; Crown Publishing; and Penguin Press)

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People who join boards don’t do it for the pay—or so several corporate directors have told me. The real draw, they say, is the intellectual challenge.

Not surprisingly, when I recently asked a few board members and corporate governance experts to name a book they think all board types should read for the end-of-year reading list below, all were eager to oblige. (Many tried to sneak in two or three mini-reviews instead of only one.) 

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