Merger

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|

Driving change in professional practices – the interesting bits?

Our workshop on driving change in professional practices proved to be an intense and challenging day learning about psychology, leadership and change management. Delegates worked on their plans for achieving desired changes in themselves, their teams and their firms. Here are some of the highlights from the delegates’ perspective. The Read More

2017-02-03T17:59:53+00:00February 3, 2017|Management Skills, Property|

Book review – Making sense of change management: A complete guide to the models, tools and techniques of organisational change by Esther Cameron and Mike Green

I’ve reviewed many books on change management (see the related blogs list below) but this one is a sure-fire winner if it’s a major area of interest to you. There are 450 pages of counselling, occupational psychology, consulting, organisational development, leadership and change management theories and tools – it’s a Read More

2017-01-15T17:33:40+00:00January 15, 2017|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Strategy|

To merge or not to merge? Merging property partnerships

Merging property partnerships – which are essentially people businesses – can be challenging. The topic of whether to merge or not to merge a small surveyors’ practice was discussed at a recent “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” (see https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ for future dates and locations).  Reasons to merge Property Read More

2016-09-14T18:17:27+01:00September 14, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|
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