Accountants

Market research: Professional services benchmark and accountancy profession statistics

I regularly scan the media for information relevant to professional services benchmarks and market updates. I share some of my findings to support marketers who are conducting PESTLE, competitor and commercial analyses. Here is a professional services benchmark from Unit4 and some data on the accountancy profession. Professional Services – Read More

2023-09-07T16:25:52+01:00September 7, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|

Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

I facilitate various workshops designed to increase commercial awareness. For young professionals. And it’s good to be able to recommend reliable sources of information at those sessions. This short (130 pages) information-packed book was revised in 2019. And I commend it to those looking to initiate their commercial awareness journey. Read More

2023-08-24T15:46:17+01:00August 24, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

Managing Partners’ Forum Strategy Summit

Thanks to the Managing Partners' Forum  Strategy Summit at haysmacintyre earlier this week. My takeaways from the insightful facilitators and panellists were: Recruitment of lawyers is down on previous years whereas business support is up Increase in tax hires in law firms Increase in marketing roles (exceeding 2019 numbers) Whilst Read More

2023-07-13T15:45:33+01:00July 13, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Change Management – Heads, Hearts and Hands

At this week’s change management for professional practices workshop, I welcomed delegates from legal, accountancy and property firms. Their roles included managing partner, head of HR, operations manager, lawyer and property management team leader. Their change challenges included new technology adoption, shifting from dedicated to centralised services, succession, team performance Read More

2023-07-07T09:34:28+01:00July 7, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|
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