|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Business and Finance
|summary=An overview of why you should become an independent director and how to go about it. An excellent starting point. Gerry Brown popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry BrownAbout Making a Difference: Leadership, Change and Giving Back the Independent Director Way|chat to us]].
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
The book is an overview and reasonably easy reading if the subject interests you. If you ''are'' serious about an ID position, Brown's [[The Independent Director: The Non-Executive Director's Guide to Effective Board Presence by Gerry Brown|The Independent Director: The Non-Executive Director's Guide to Effective Board Presence]] (for corporate directorships) or [[The Independent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do by Gerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais|The Independent Director in Society: Our current crisis of governance and what to do]], co-authored with Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais (for positions within the NHS, universities, sporting organisations and charities) are required reading.
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