Becoming a Corporate Director
Forthcoming · In English · 2027

Becoming a Corporate Director

Your Passage into a New Identity
by Alfredo Enrione

My first book in English. A field guide for executives preparing for their first listed-company board seat: how to cross the line from operator to director without losing identity or effectiveness. Three decades of observation condensed into twelve chapters.

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What the book answers

  • 01What does the transition from operator to director actually involve?
  • 02How do you read the room in your first listed-company board?
  • 03What conversations should you have before saying yes?
  • 04How do you build authority without owning the issue?
  • 05Which directors fail in their first year, and why?
  • 06What is the right relationship with the chair, the CEO, and the controlling shareholder?
  • 07How do you say no — to a board seat, to an agenda item, to a CEO request?

Who this book is for

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First-time directors

Executives stepping into their first listed-company board seat, often after a long career inside an operating role.

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Next-gen family members

Family business members joining the family board for the first time, navigating the boundary between owner and director.

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Senior executives considering board service

C-suite leaders evaluating board service as the next chapter, who want to understand the craft before they accept the offer.

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About the author

Alfredo Enrione is founder and director of the Center for Corporate Governance and Society at ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes (Chile). He has led PADE, the school's flagship CEO program, for 27 years, and published in MIT Sloan Management Review, American Behavioral Scientist, and Organizational Dynamics. Visiting professor at Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, and IESE.

Trusted advisor to several business families across Latin America. Has served as independent director in several of their operating companies, and currently serves on the board of a family office. Contributor to the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Strategy, Edward Elgar Publishing (eds. Csaszar & Jia).

He writes the weekly LinkedIn newsletter Better Boards, Better Value, read by hundreds of thousands of executives each week.

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