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Are you a high flyer in your 20s or 30s? Looking to add a board appointment or two to your CV now, rather than waiting another 20 years?

Seats at the big table have traditionally been the preserve of older men – and a growing number of women – who've earned their stripes in decades on the corporate battlefield. Opportunities for up-and-comers to join them can be sparse.

So how do you swing it while you're still on the right side of 40?

 

Develop some in-demand expertise and start networking early, recommends 41-year old NDA Law founder Andrea Michaels, who was tapped on the shoulder by the local subsidiary of an international mining company, shortly before her significant birthday rolled around.

 

Via The Learning Factor