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Be visible, assert and challenge and remember your goals – Insights from an Assertiveness, impact and effectiveness workshop

Last week there was almost a full house at the PM Forum’s  workshop on “Assertiveness, impact and effectiveness for marketing and business development assistants and executives”. Delegates were from legal, accounting and actuarial firms in a variety of roles including marketing, business development, digital, graphic design, events and client services Read More

2022-05-19T12:30:16+01:00May 19, 2022|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Don’t try to eat the white elephant whole – thoughts on change management and leadership

At the recent “Change management and leadership” workshop run by Professional Marketing Forum https://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx we experimented with different tools and techniques to help lead and manage change. But one thing that the delegates focused on was “Don’t try to eat the white elephant whole”. Let me explain our thoughts on Read More

2021-04-30T17:17:53+01:00November 18, 2019|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Strategy|

Strategy development insights: Curiosity, challenge, creativity, co-creation, culture and change

While many people think strategy development in professional service firms as akin to “herding cats”, I think it’s more like trying to pick up mercury. There are all those shiny spots of precious (noxious?) metal which break off and join up in a seemingly random manner. It’s hard to put Read More

2017-03-06T10:24:55+00:00March 6, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|
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