Internal culture

What do you do when your boss is a micro-managing control freak?

Sadly, this topic still comes up occasionally during training workshops. Many people have suffered at the hands of a line manager who wants to know in detail what is happening and to control everything. It can be frustrating and disempowering. But there are potentially several reasons for this behaviour – Read More

2024-03-04T11:38:15+00:00March 4, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Legal case study – Anatomy of a law firm merger (Ross & Craig and DMH Stallard)

In 2015 I interviewed David Leadercramer, the former managing partner and senior partner of Ross & Craig solicitors http://www.rosscraig.com/ about his firm’s decision to merge with DML Stallard http://www.dmhstallard.com/ to gain insight into the merger decision and process. The original interview is below. David was kind enough to reflect recently Read More

2017-09-27T09:33:11+01:00September 27, 2017|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

How to design a marketing and business development team

I’m frequently asked to help with the challenge of how to design a marketing and business development team in professional service firms that is fit for the future. I have developed a consultancy methodology for doing so. I recently used it to talk through the process with the director of Read More

2023-03-23T14:42:15+00:00November 20, 2015|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|
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