Attention Company Chairmen

Whilst smaller companies’ directors are not bound by the Codes applying to larger, listed companies, good governance as described in such Codes is useful as a benchmark. Boards are now to be required to undergo evaluation every 3 years to ensure that they are effective. Obsidian can facilitate such evaluations for SME Boards, providing the benefits to Chairmen of relevant skills and objectivity.

We sponsor new Forum

MarketingMentor is co-organiser and sponsor with the IoD and Koru Aspire of the forthcoming Business Leaders Forum to be rn in Eastbourne on June 10th. This is not a networking event but a peer mentoring group for people who run businesses in East Sussex. Anyone interested please contact me – tom.serpell@obsidian.co.uk

New Skills for Obsidian

Welcome to Obsidian, Steve White. Steve brings huge experience and expetise in deloping sales teams so if any readers have a need, do not hold back – invite him in to talk. Just contact Tom to set this up.

Ultra Organisation

To the Monteverdi Choir under John Eliot Gardiner. Wow. Performance with passion but perfection too. An exemplar for how to manage complexity and inject leadership and discipline. If only it were a recipe which could be used in business. Or perhaps it is: the score (strategy), the choice of talent and the leader.

Hung Parliament

Fascinating to think about how well trained our putative leaders may be in management and leadership. How about conflict resolution, negotiation, running a team etc?