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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates.

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Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

Harvard Business Review

.” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. He’d always pushed Mark to advance in his career, and this was an internal promotion, on a three-year contract, so they’d still be working for the same company.