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Christina Osborne guest Judge

Director of the Year and Young Director of the Year Awards

Business Solutions Chief Executive, Christina Osborne was delighted to lend her support to the Institute of Directors as a judge for this prestigious event.

The winners were announced at a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony held on the evening of Thursday 8 November in the Nash Room of the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London.

The IOD were delighted that Maggie Philbin, the popular presenter of TV's Tomorrows World and Steven Norris, the former Transport Minister and London Mayoral Candidate were able to attended as guest presenter and after dinner speaker respectively.

To reflect the high quality and diversity of the entries, the judging panel decided to award 5 awards rather than the 3 originally planned.

ITV Interview

Business Solutions Chief Executive, Christina Osborne, was invited to talk about Managing Your Boss (the title of her latest book) on ITV's The Week. Among the questions Phil Gayle asked:

What makes a good boss?

Someone who's very confident about their own abilities, knows what their strengths are and is prepared to select a team to cover their weaknesses and let them use their initiative.

Are foreigners better at being bosses than Brits? We seem to be inviting them all the time to come here - are Brits not up to it?

We've got a lot of British people who are up to it but we have an attitude to success that makes people afraid of failure - as a result we don't take risks so well.