Leadership development

Towards leadership – Elevate your Presence, Influence and Impact

I recently visited the North West - PM Forum at the offices of PWC in Manchester to facilitate a session on this topic. I would like to thank the Committee members - Rachel Kelly | LinkedIn, ⭐️Angela Brown | LinkedIn, Ally Lumsden | LinkedIn, Amanda Watson | LinkedIn, Linda Stoddard Read More

Meaningful Mentoring with Andy Lopata

It was exciting to be part of the first “Meaningful Mentoring” experiential training workshop by Andy Lopata for the Managing Partners’ Forum and PM Forum. I recommend you read Andy’s book A complete guide to effective mentoring (kimtasso.com) which provides a deeper dive into the concepts. This post is primarily Read More

2025-02-08T17:59:09+00:00October 16, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Personal transitions: Retiring from a senior leadership role – the other side of succession

Former leaders have valuable lessons to share. Although by the time they have reflected, they have left the firm and it’s sometimes too late to pass on that those hard-won insights to the next generation of leaders. So this is the first in a series on lessons from former leaders. Read More

2024-04-03T14:24:50+01:00April 2, 2024|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Private client management and marketing: Business plans, recruitment, assessments and automation (Nov 2023)

It was good to meet the private client lawyers – some recently promoted to head of department – for a workshop on “Managing and growing your private client practice” earlier this month. This post summarises the key themes discussed, provides an additional learning resource for the delegates and includes further Read More

2023-11-13T15:58:14+00:00November 13, 2023|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Social Media, Strategy|

Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

At the 28th PM Forum Annual Conference  in September I (in my capacity as Head of Training and Learning Transfer of the Managing Partners’ Forum and PM Forum), co-presented breakout sessions with Julie McConnell of international law firm White & Case. Our focus was on the accelerating change in the Read More

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