If you read only one book this year, make it this one. Whatever your role and gender I guarantee the ideas explored in only 120 pages of pragmatic text will bring rich rewards.

This book is a companion volume to one written in 2005 in which the authors documented a compelling case for increasing the number of women on FTSE boards. It is a response to repeated requests for a roadmap of how this might be done. As such, it is insightful, concise and very readable. The practical style ensures benefits for the reader, both personally and as a guide to taking corporate action.