Founded in the early 1980s, SSA is a general, retained search firm with exclusive allegiance to client organizations, affiliated with a network of powerful international resources and has a division devoted to corporate boards, helping companies, public and private, small and large, structure, strengthen, diversify and benchmark their statutory and advisory boards.

Board of directors can spell the difference between success and failure. Learn how to avoid the 10 most common mistakes and create a strategic force for your company’s success. Learn how to be a great director. And learn how to use the board to benchmark companies as an investment. The Board Book is the most succinct, reader- friendly guide available to creating and sustaining on-track, top-notch corporate boards.(barnesandnoble.com)