• 21 Mar 2025
  • In-person
  • Networking

IoD Surrey and Berkshire Quarterly Directors Business Book Club Dinner

Join the IoD Surrey and Berkshire Branch for an insightful evening with an author, engaging discussion and a delicious dinner.

A book club meets VIP dinner at the fabulous Royal Berkshire Hotel, hosted by the Surrey Chair, Jarmila Yu and Vice Chair, Kate Davis.

We hold four dinner events a year, designed by directors for directors, and each one has a different business book author in attendance to help you get the most out of the event.  Each event will provide an opportunity to make new discoveries and gain new insights to support your director development and your business growth from both the author and from the discussion between peers over the course of the dinner. The author will share with us their inspiration and motivation in putting pen to paper, what compelled them to undertake their book endeavour, and share key highlights and take-aways from their book(s). This will set the tone for the evening leading us into a dinner discussion on the book’s topic.  Whilst the author will generously share their insights, there will be no formal presentations, as the content and conversation come from the attendees. Whilst it’s not every day you get to meet the author of a book you might have on your bookshelf and wish you could ask them a question or two about it, it’s also a valuable opportunity for the author to hear first-hand from us (we are “the reader” they wrote the book for) for our thoughts and perspectives.   Come along and meet other members and enjoy some peer to peer conversation opportunities in the elegant and exclusive environment that is the Royal Berkshire Hotel.  This quarterly director business dinner also gives you the opportunity to meet the IoD Surrey and Berkshire team of ambassadors, a chance to tap into their knowledge, expertise and networks whilst ensuring you are maximising your membership.     Theme At the IoD we believe that better directors build better organisations and better organisations build a better world. The theme for the event is Better Business!   Speaker Obi Abuchi, CEO CORE Leaders International and author of "Leading from Your Core". The Menu Welcome Drink on Arrival 3 Course Dinner with Wine / Elderflower Fizz (soft option) Cheese & Port Tea / Coffee  The difference between a good director and a great director is the company they keep. Meet and learn from directors across the UK and beyond. Connect with you local branch to broaden your network, build your career and strengthen your organisation.  This event is open to IoD members, and those interested in becoming a member.   Places are limited so be sure to register your attendance as soon as possible.   We look forward to seeing you there!   P.S. Kindly note that the event will be making a donation to the IoD Surrey Branch Charity, the Kent, Surrey, Sussex Air Ambulance Service. By attending this event you will be supporting the life-saving work of KSS. To view a short video about KSS please view here.  Sponsor:To sponsor this event or the whole 2025 series of IoD Surrey Quarterly Directors Business Briefing Lunch to support both the work of the IoD and the Surrey business community giving your business a valuable profile awareness boost please contact: the Surrey Chair, Jarmila Yu via email: [email protected]  

Speakers

Obi Abuchi: CEO, CORE Leaders International

Obi Abuchi is the CEO & Founder of CORE Leaders International, author of several books, including Leading from Your Core, and is an IoD Surrey Branch Member. He is an NLP practitioner, transformational speaker, six-phase meditation trainer, leadership consultant, facilitator, and executive coach with 20 years’ experience in developing leaders across a wide range of industry sectors, including logistics, financial services, aviation, retail, and entertainment. He has coached, trained, and worked with leaders in corporate giants like Shell, Barclays, M&G, Deutsche Post DHL, and Tesco, equipping them to improve performance by redefining and shaping how they engage and inspire their people. For more than two decades, he has been fascinated by the difference that truly effective, inspirational and transformational leaders make to those around them. He’s discovered that the most inspiring leaders have learnt the secret of effective influence - it begins with mastering oneself and channelling one’s ego in the service of others in order to lead in a way that is deeply purposeful, authentic, and courageous. Now, he uses that knowledge to help leaders across the world develop a stronger CORE so they can lead powerfully from the inside out.

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