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    大多数公司需要借助力量才能扩展公司与全球商界和政界高层的关系。董事们能提供这种帮助。

    到哪去找到拥有所有这些品质的董事呢？可以从下面这些人选着手：在管理上极具眼光的印度HCL技术有限公司（HCL Technologies）首席执行官维尼特•纳亚尔，中国白手起家的亿万富翁如阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba）创始人马云，管理奇才如海尔集团（Haier Group）首席执行官张瑞敏。

    前高盛（Goldman Sachs）总裁、前美国财政部长汉克•保尔森也是绝佳人选。他拥有财务专长、熟悉政府、富有经验，还有所有大人物的电话号码。即使他不能联系上某人，前美国国务卿康多莉扎•赖斯也许也能做到；此外，赖斯还深谙从商之道，她在担任美国国家安全顾问和美国国务卿之前曾在公司董事会任职。

    技术正在重塑非科技行业，亚马逊（Amazon）首席执行官杰夫•贝索斯对这一点的理解也许无人能及。如果需要寻找具有智慧、经验和勇气的董事，联邦快递（FedEx）创始人弗雷德•史密斯、卡夫公司（Kraft）首席执行官艾琳•罗森菲尔德也许是不错的选择。新近退休的首席执行官们也不错，如拯救了金宝汤公司（Campbell Soup）的道格拉斯•康纳特、卡特彼勒公司（Caterpillar）的詹姆斯•欧文斯、带领可口可乐公司（Coca-Cola）重回正轨的内维尔•艾斯戴尔，他在非洲这个未来将迎来迅猛发展的市场拥有深厚的人脉。

    组建一个拥有以上所有这些成员的董事会——好吧，这样的事或许只有在梦里才能实现。好在我们说的就是“梦”之队。同时，这在另外一层意思上也只能是个美梦：那就是股东们从此可以睡个安稳觉了。

    译者：管策

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    Most companies could use help in broadening their relationships with top leaders in global business and government. Directors can provide it.

    Where to find all those traits? Start with global stars like India's HCL Technologies chief Vineet Nayar, a management visionary, or a Chinese self-made billionaire like Alibaba founder Jack Ma, or a managerial maverick like Haier Group CEO Zhang Ruimin.

    Call Hank Paulson. The former Goldman Sachs (GS) boss and Treasury secretary brings finance expertise, government knowledge, long experience, and the cellphone numbers of everyone important. If he can't reach someone, Condoleezza Rice probably can; she also understands business, having served on corporate boards before becoming national security adviser and secretary of state.

    Amazon (AMZN) chief Jeff Bezos may see better than anyone how technology reshapes nontech businesses. For wisdom, experience, and courage, turn to FedEx (FDX) founder Fred Smith, Kraft's (KFT) Irene Rosenfeld, or recently retired CEOs Doug Conant, who saved Campbell Soup (CPB), James Owens of Caterpillar (CAT), and Neville Isdell, who righted Coca-Cola (KO) and has deep roots in Africa, a booming market of tomorrow.

    Assembling a board with all those members -- well, that's probably dreaming. But hey, it's a dream team. And it would be a dream in another sense: Shareholders could sleep very soundly.