Non-Executive Director (NED) services

We are often asked for more in depth involvement with our member companies and as such we have developed a Non Executive Director service.

Members of the mdhub team act as a Non Executive Director (rather than a share holding Non Exec).

We provide either half a day or a day a month over a 12 month period of Non Exec support on a range of services including attendance at and chairing of monthly board meetings, additional business support and coaching for board directors .

Here is what our Members have to say about the benefits of our Non Exec Director service.

“Fiona Shafer’s great strength is the breadth of her experience in a wide variety of business sectors, allowing her to cross-fertilise best practice and innovative approaches that help us to better recognize and solve problems and move the business forward. Having her on the outside looking in brings a completely different dimension to our planning and strategy, helping us to separate the emotional side of decision making and focus on the needs of the business and the team as a whole, leaving behind historical baggage to focus on the future.

Fiona is my sounding board and sanity check for ideas and problems before I take them to my senior team, helping me formulate my thinking and strategy and present it cogently and rationally which ensures a much quicker buy in. She keeps me on track, helps in my own development and challenges me when she thinks it necessary, something I know that I need but don’t always get from my team. I’ve felt far more confident in my own skills and decision-making since Fiona joined our senior team as an advisor, and that has had a knock on effect with the senior team itself, who are more vocal in their contributions. ” Kate Burgess-Craddy, CEO, KBC PR & Marketing.

“Phil Green brings an important level of scrutiny, objectivity and professionalism to the business particularly in key decisions. His breadth and depth of experience means he brings many pearls of wisdom which you ignore at your peril. He’s also been important in ensuring the Board focuses on the right priorities and avoid distractions of which there are often many! He has played a vital advisory role to the Company as we’ve grown the business rapidly from £2m-£10m+ to become one of the top tier environmental businesses operating in the UK. He can do strategy in his sleep but more importantly he is a great facilitator, gets results and makes it fun.

When there is an urgent issue Phil makes himself available no matter how busy he is. Phil is great at challenging me which is a good thing since this is more difficult for others in the business. However, he is also supportive, insightful, intuitive and integrity is a given which I value. Above all, he provides a critical friend role which keeps me on the right path in all my endeavours.”  Mark Southwood, Founder and CEO, Temple Group

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Tailored consultancy

As we develop our trusted, long term relationships with our members, we are often asked to work with them on specific one-off consultancy projects.

These include:

• raising investment
• preparing a business for sale
• succession planning
• restructuring a business
• rebranding

On occasion, expertise from more than one member of the team will be drawn upon to undertake all aspects of a project. If you have a project that you would like some external expertise and support with, please feel free to contact us to find out more.

mdhub@

mdhub@ gives you the opportunity to offer the expertise and experience of the mdhub team directly to your clients through the provision of specialist training courses. The benefits to your business are:

• Broaden your offering by passing on mdhub’s expert services directly to your clients and customers.
• Build engagement with your customers in new ways.
• Align the well-known and highly respected mdhub brand with your brand adding value to your existing brand proposition.
• Gain additional insights into your clients’ needs.
• Additional fee income from your client base.

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futurehub

You may have identified a future successor or new board director for your business and whilst very talented, your proposed successor(s) lacks some of the core skills and experience that you have developed to date.  This is a 12 month programme of development for the future leaders of your business. Each Futurehub group session is half a day a month for 12 months with the dates and location pre-selected by the group of attendees in advance to fit in with their everyday work schedules. Plus: each attendee will have up to half a day 1:2:1 management development session each month with their facilitators to support their Personal Development Plan’s.

Here’s what some of our recent cohort of Futurehub participants had to say about the programme:

“MDHUB appears to be the best kept secret in Sussex which it shouldn’t be!”
Steve King, Cheesmur

“Futurehub has helped me to further recognise my potential and that I know more than first thought whilst being supported by MDHUB through the experience to achieve and not be afraid to make decisions.”
Daniel Cook, Ambiental

“A comprehensive run through business and development.  Confidence building.”
Dougal Fleming, Alistair Fleming Design

Download our programme brochure here or contact us to find out more

hubalpha

You may have achieved high growth and have continuing high growth potential, or you may have identified the need for an ongoing growth strategy or exit plan, or you may want to understand how to continue the growth, develop the company and its staff and prepare for the challenge of shaping the company for its next phase.

Hubalpha is a 12 month programme of strategic development to support the growth plans of companies experiencing fast and expansive growth.

Each hubalpha group session is half a day a month for 12 months with the dates and location pre-selected by the group of attendees in advance to fit in with their everyday work schedule.

Plus: each attendee will have up to half a day 1:2:1 management development session each month with their facilitators to support their Personal Development Plans.

Download the programme brochure here or contact us to find out more.

Strategy days

Facilitated day(s) for your board, away from the office in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. We provide a mixture of theoretical and very practical input to help you develop your strategy and to stretch your strategic thinking.  Working individually, in pairs or teams to address important areas of your business model, we take advantage of the environment, mix thinking, talking and action and make sure that you leave with the basic strategic framework for your business.

Download the programme brochure here or contact us to find out more.