
Good morning,
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.)