Management Skills

Complex sales processes made simple – Co-ordinate, Connect, Conversations, Curiosity, Consistency and Conversion

Delegates from legal, accountancy and pensions firms attended last week’s “Selling Processes and Sales Skills for Marketing and BD Professionals” workshop by PM Forum. We explored the processes supporting complex sales cycles. A key theme was educating fee-earners – especially to manage expectations about the length of the sales cycle 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

2024-10-16T08:48:08+01:00October 16, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Book review: Everybody writes by Ann Handley

I’m always searching for great books to recommend to people who attend my training courses. My previously recommended books on writing are still good and amongst my “go tos”. But I wanted an up-to-date recommendation on a writing book.  I recently researched top marketing books and – surprise – this Read More

2024-10-08T08:07:39+01:00October 8, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Social Media, Web Sites|

How to coach teams with Jamie Butler

At his first workshop for the Coaching Skills Academy (a joint venture between Managing Partners' Forum | (mpfglobal.com) and Home - PM Forum), Jamie Butler provided a masterful demonstration of effective team coaching in an interactive and experiential learning session. Directors and senior managers from legal and accountancy sectors had Read More

2024-10-03T10:22:43+01:00October 3, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|
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