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Join us in celebrating Small Business Week!

Obsidian is the largest boutique PR firm in the Mid-South. We service national brands and startups from across the country. We’re a woman-owned small business and a certified women business enterprise and locally owned small business in Shelby County, Tennessee. This week is the US Small Business Association’s…

Employee policies that build rapport

THIS BLOG POST ORIGINALLY RAN ON THE GREATER MEMPHIS CHAMBER WEBSITE. VIEW THE ORIGINAL POST HERE.  As we mentioned in our first post of this series, a business’s employees are its most valuable asset. As such, employers should work diligently to create policies that build up employees as individuals…

What does CSR look like in practice?

This blog post originally ran on the Greater Memphis Chamber website. View the original post here.  Welcome back! We’re in the middle of a blog series designed to help emphasize the importance of developing and defining corporate culture. This blog post centers around corporate social responsibility, a hot…

What is corporate culture and why does it matter?

This blog post originally ran on the Greater Memphis Chamber website. View the original post here.  Over the next few weeks, we’ll be exploring a topic that is important for businesses of all shapes and sizes – nurturing a positive corporate culture. Creating a culture that makes sense…

Our client is climbing Everest, and he needs your help.

There’s a lot to be said for people to step out in faith and work hard to achieve goals. We’re fortunate enough to work with these people every day, as we represent business owners and nonprofit leaders who have taken dreams and put them into action. Tom Lawrence…

It’s worth a little operational discomfort

When people ask about my daughter, I tell them she’s a hot mess. She’s only 2, but a few weeks ago in church, she clapped after a baptism and said “YAY! WE’RE DONE!” She used her outside voice to ask where Nonna and Aunt Bekah were. (They live…

Happy International Women’s Day!

In case you missed it, March 8 is International Women’s Day. As an office full of ladies, we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate by giving nods to women who inspire us. From singers to saints, the women on this list give us a lot to be…