It was a full house as delegates from legal, accounting, property and consulting firms joined me for a PM Forum digital session on “Being more strategic”. The backdrop of breaking news of Russian activity in Ukraine provided an ominous reminder that many strategy ideas originated in the military domain. Here’s Read More
At a recent digital workshop for MBL on “Pick up the phone: Client service and sales opportunities for professionals in the digital age” delegates asked if videoconferences replaced telephone calls. Does Zoom/Teams replace telephone calls? Telephone skills workshop. The research finding from Stanford University that people are 34 times more Read More
I read this 2018 book during lock down. It is one of the rare books on marketing strategy written by someone who is familiar with the professional services sector. The author, Heidi Taylor, worked in IT, telecoms and professional services. She is a former Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) Marketer Read More
It was a full house on the second presentation of this PM Forum training workshop on “Coaching and Consulting Skills for Marketing and Business Development” in February 2022. Most of the professions – lawyers, patent attorneys, accountants, economists, engineers and actuaries – were represented. This post explores one of the Read More
At a PM Forum event in January, Alaistair Beddow of Meridian West presented the results of the 10th Marketing Leaders Benchmark and discussed the results and other topical issues in marketing and business development with a panel comprising: Leor Franks of Kingsley Napley (law), Lesley Hornung of HLB International (accounting) Read More
