I’ve reviewed many books on change management (see the related blogs list below) but this one is a sure-fire winner if it’s a major area of interest to you. There are 450 pages of counselling, occupational psychology, consulting, organisational development, leadership and change management theories and tools – it’s a Read More
At two recent MBL training courses on “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors practice” https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ - one in London and the other in Birmingham – there was much discussion about human resources management (HRM) issues. Recruitment and succession of surveyors appears to be a common challenge when it comes to Read More
At a recent " Be more strategic " training workshop http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ the delegates summarised their rather full and intensive day by preparing presentations to summarise and highlight the key points that they had learned. Sailing as a metaphor for strategy One of the presentations used the metaphor of sailing a ship Read More
My conference report for the Professional Marketing Forum’s 21st Conference “All about the journey” which focused on Client Experience Management (CEM) was published in this month’s edition of Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/pm-magazine/pm-magazine.aspx . It’s hard trying to tease out the most important insights from what proved to be a jam-packed Read More
Recently in Manchester, I was joined by accountants, lawyers and insolvency practitioners for the MBL referrer management training workshop on “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries”. Here are the delegates’ views of the highlights. Plan – Back to basics Most firms have referrer management programmes and activities – but Read More
