IoD Surrey Quarterly Directors Business Book Club Dinner at Foxhills
A book club meets VIP dinner at the fabulous Foxhills, the IoD Surrey Hub, hosted by the Surrey Chair, Jarmila Yu and Vice Chair, Kate Davis.
We hold four Foxhills 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 Orangerie at Foxhills Club & Resort.
This quarterly director business dinner also gives you the opportunity to meet the IoD Surrey team of ambassadors, a chance to tap into their knowledge, expertise and networks whilst ensuring you are maximising your membership.
Are you new to the IoD and to visiting Foxhills?
Foxhills is an award-winning country club and hotel and one of the best golf resorts in the UK near London. Foxhills Manor House is also a VIP business experience venue - built into your IoD membership just waiting for you to take full advantage of what’s on offer.
IoD members are welcome to arrive before the Business dinner and work from the Manor House, The Foxhills Business Centre in association with the Institute of Directors. Thanks to our strategic partnership with Foxhills you can benefit from this valuable additional IoD membership benefit.
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 Paul Skinner (Books: Collaborative Advantage & The Purpose Upgrade)
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.
Sponsor: To sponsor this event or the whole 2025 series of IoD Surrey Quarterly Directors Business Briefing Lunch at Foxhills 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
Paul Skinner
Paul Skinner is the author of The Purpose Upgrade: Change your Business to Save the World. Change the World to Save your Business, which won Highly Commended in the Change & Sustainability category at the 2023 Business Book Awards. Mike Berners-Lee, author of There Is No Planet B, described The Purpose Upgrade as, ‘...a necessary and enlightening call to action for businesses to re-think why they exist and the implications for everything they say, think and do'.
Paul is also the author of Collaborative Advantage: How Collaboration Beats Competition as a Strategy for Success, which was described by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Co-founders of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, as, 'the perfect recipe for successful businesses that improve lives'.
Through his consulting practice the Agency of the Future, Paul supports clients in driving purpose-led change and better mobilising stakeholders for lasting success. Paul has worked with major global businesses such as PwC, Sony and RES Group. His thought leadership has also had particular impact in the humanitarian sector where Paul has worked on many industry-leading collaborative initiatives including for the Humanitarian Leadership Academy, the Start Network and the United Nations.
Paul is also the founder of MarketingKind, a non-profit professional membership community bringing business leaders, marketers and change-makers together to address our most pressing problems as 'marketing briefs in disguise’. MarketingKind has been facilitating pro bono marketing support for small charities and social enterprises since 2011 and has helped to revolutionise skilled volunteering in the UK.
As an experienced public speaker Paul has delivered notable keynote talks for organisations such as the United Nations, Sony, Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society and Save the Children. He also regularly interviews eminent leaders for MarketingKind events, including Seth Godin, Rebecca Henderson, Ian Goldin and Polly Mackenzie.
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