Management development

Key insights from aspiring MBD leaders

Last week I was excited to facilitate the much-anticipated new PM Forum workshop  on “Aspiring Marketing and Business Development Leaders”. 12 delegates – three quarters from law firms – gathered to tackle a tough, demanding agenda. I’ve tried to provide a synthesis of the key points of interest from the Read More

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|

Book review: Coaching skills: A handbook by Jenny Rogers

Delegates on my coaching training sessions often ask for recommendations of good books on coaching and this is a mature, comprehensive and challenging exploration of what it takes to be a great coach. So here is a book review of Coaching skills: A handbook by Jenny Rogers. It was first Read More

Book review: Professional services leadership handbook by Nigel Clark, Ben Kent, Alastair Beddow and Adrian Furner

The Professional services leadership handbook (subtitled “How to lead a professional services firm in a new age of competitive disruption”) was published in 2017 and it has taken a while to read and digest the contents and write this review. Professional services leadership is an important topic and the book Read More

2018-10-31T10:19:04+00:00October 31, 2018|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Better Business Relationships – Book launch

I wanted to thank all of those who were kind enough to join me at The Brand Exchange   in the City of London for the official launch of my fifth book “Better Business Relationships – Insights from psychology and management for working in a digital world”. It was an eclectic Read More

2018-10-11T16:13:00+01:00October 11, 2018|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|
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