At a PM Forum - PM Forum training “Perfect Pitches” workshop for marketing and business development professionals earlier in the month, it was interesting that many delegates felt that they were expected to take a much larger role in managing the tendering process. Almost as if the fee-earners just wanted Read More
Delegates (fee-earners, marketing/business development professionals and bid specialists) from legal, accounting and insurance firms joined us for MBL’s workshop on “Pitch Perfect - How to Prepare and Present Winning Pitches and Tenders”. Future sessions are listed here: Kim Tasso – MBL Seminars, Whilst we talked extensively about the internal processes Read More
Back in May 2017 I reviewed the first edition of this book strategic tendering. And I have been recommending it ever since. So I was delighted when the authors did an extensive overhaul of the contents to publish the second edition in 2022. This review concentrates on the newer material Read More
Lawyers and tax advisers attended the recent MBL workshop on “Pick up the Phone – Client service and sales opportunities for professionals”. This article forms part of the learning resources for the session. Future workshops are listed at Kim Tasso - MBL Seminars. Telephone skills – Focus on the caller’s Read More
At the recent PM Forum training workshop on “Buy in, engagement and stakeholder management” there was much discussion about influence and persuasion. Delegates were from law and accountancy firms. I’ve pulled together many of the ideas on influence and persuasion to create a toolbox as an additional learning resource for Read More
