Management Skills

International relationship management – Highlights from a talk by Allan Evans at BDO accountants

At the 2017 Professional Marketing Conference http://www.pmforum.co.uk/conference.aspx , Allan Evans, Global Head of Business Development and Marketing at BDO International provided a fascinating talk on adapting to cultures for international relationship management. Allan started with an array of quotes, facts and figures that demonstrated that even small professional service firms Read More

Change management – Millennials, metaphors and resistance

These three themes – Millennials, metaphors and resistance - arose during the most recent MBL change management for professional service firms training course https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Tackling-Change-Management---A-Workshop-for-Professional-Practices/8417 Millennials and change management One of the key topics of conversation was that the younger generation have a different outlook and approach which can prove challenging Read More

2021-09-12T19:16:33+01:00October 10, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

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|

New and free learning resource for lawyers and surveyors – from Davitt Jones Bould solicitors

Davitt Jones Bould, the specialist real estate law firm, has launched DJB Learning which is a new and free learning resource for legal and property professionals in order to achieve their CPD. The learning and development portal has information on a number of topics: Technical knowledge Real estate law, knowledge Read More

2017-09-18T10:26:13+01:00September 18, 2017|Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Web Sites|

Book review: How to become the firm of choice by Robert J Lees and August J Aquila (strategy development)

This book review of "How to become the firm of choice" on strategy development in PSFs appeared in Professional Marketing magazine in the September 2017 edition. This book tells a story. In the form of a case study. It joins a mid-sized (21 partner) law firm on its two year Read More

2024-04-16T20:48:06+01:00September 4, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|
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