Becoming A Director - What You Need To Khow

Becoming A Director – What You Need To Khow (1991)
by the British Chamber of Commerce (with the steady guiding hand of Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte)
ISBN: 0901413224
Condition: Good (because “mint” is just a dream, isn’t it?)
Sold by Crappy Old Books™

So you’ve always wanted to sit in the plush swivel chair, wave a biro in the air, and say things like “let’s circle back on this” while secretly panicking about VAT? Congratulations: this slim 1991 handbook is your portal to the world of Directorship. Printed in the era of shoulder pads, filofaxes, and pre-email office politics, it promises to tell you “what you need to know” (or, as the typo has it, “khow” — which is either a printing error or the ancient secret art of corporate enlightenment).

Inside, you’ll discover timeless truths such as:

• Why being a director is less “champagne and Jaguars” and more “paper cuts and liability.”

• The art of nodding gravely while auditors drone on about compliance.

• How the Companies Act is really just an elaborate bedtime story, if bedtime stories ended with prison sentences.

• And, of course, the thrilling revelation that “fiduciary duty” is not a brand of carpet cleaner.

This particular copy is graded Good — which in bookseller-speak means it survived a couple of boardroom coups, a few tepid coffee stains, and possibly one passive-aggressive AGM. The spine is intact, unlike your optimism after your third quarter results.

Perfect for collectors of obsolete business advice, lovers of retro corporate jargon, or anyone who wants to cosplay as a 1990s chartered accountant. A must-have if you like your management wisdom with a side of irony and dust.

Crappy Old Books™: because somebody has to keep the business self-help ghosts of 1991 alive.

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