Lawyers

Book review: Life after Boris by James Mendelssohn (a story about succession in a partnership)

I liked both “Who moved my cheese?” (Spencer Johnson) and “Our iceberg is melting” (John Kotter) – two fables about how to manage individual and business change. And now the professions have their own story about succession in a partnership. With a distinctly “Watership Down” feel – the main characters Read More

2013-09-04T21:43:48+01:00June 21, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property|

Personality assessment as part of the coaching and development process

Psychometric tests are often used as part of the recruitment assessment process by human resource professionals, but many people find them a valuable element of a performance improvement or career development coaching process. Many clients have found insights into their own personality – and how it compares to their colleagues Read More

2022-06-11T11:54:42+01:00June 5, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Property|

How to write a press release

Even though the whole journalism/print media model has been blown apart by the digital revolution, there’s still a role for the humble press release as you’ll see from recent interviews with leading PR consultancies in the professions (see, for example: http://kimtasso.com/the-move-to-digital-pr-a-conversation-with-tim-prizeman-of-kelso-consulting and http://kimtasso.com/digital-pr-in-the-legal-profession-an-interview-with-clare-rodway-of-kysen) Different types of writing At recent effective writing Read More

2015-11-13T13:21:13+00:00June 5, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Property|

Law firms still missing a trick with apps?

The following article appeared today on LexisNexis UK "Future of Law" http://lexislegalintelligence.co.uk/intelligence/blawg/2013/05/law-firms-still-missing-a-trick-with-apps/ In June 2012 I published a White Paper titled “UK law, accountancy and property firms – Are we missing the mobile revolution?”. The main points discussed included: Most UK law firm app development appeared to be focused on Read More

2013-09-08T18:40:08+01:00May 29, 2013|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Strategy|

How does the marketing team drive the new client agenda?

At this year's Professional Marketing Conference I've been teamed up with Kevin Doolan  who is a partner at law firm Eversheds with responsibility for managing major client relationships and business development training. Prior to joining the management team in 2001, Kevin obtained an MBA at Henley. He negotiated the sole Read More

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