Brilliant insight to the benefits of being open to opportunities. Margie Seale gives us a raft of extremely valuable advice gathered through her personal experiences as to how she went from modest corporate beginnings, to become one of the most sought after non-executive directors in the country. 
For those wanting to take the step from corporate executive to non-executive director, we've got you covered here as well.
Rather then just looking at the end product (a successful non-executive director on blue chip boards) and thinking it's very difficult to achieve, it's the many small steps that lead there that are fascinating and revealing to me. 
Life is a journey and it's the wisdom of those that have travelled these roads that is almost essential listening.