I promised the delegates a note of the key points that arose at the recent, action-packed Future Marketing Manager workshop in London. Amongst the solicitors and accounting firms attending, I was delighted that there were also two barristers chambers represented. Despite the variety of delegates (in sector and seniority), the Read More
I participated in a fascinating webinar today by AMBA (Association of MBAs) where Professor Simon Collinson (Dean of Birmingham Business School) presented the key findings from the book he co-authored with Melvin Jay called “From complexity to simplicity: Unleash your organisation’s potential”. There may be some interesting lessons for larger Read More
You will remember in Aladdin that the sorcerer tricks Aladdin’s wife into giving up the lamp containing the genie by offering to exchange “new lamps for old”. Perhaps there’s a moral in that story for professional service firms. I’ve noticed that a number of smaller legal, accountancy and property firms Read More
Since 2009, I have been delivering this popular CLT training workshop to family lawyers around the country and each time the dominant issues change to reflect the continuing developments in the market. Last week I worked with a group in London and earlier this week in Manchester, so I thought Read More
Last week, I had the good fortune to spend the morning with some bright young professional services marketing folk at a workshop entitled “Marketing and Business Development Planning in a nutshell”. We acknowledged that whilst marketers needed detailed marketing and BD plans, fee-earners only needed a short, sharp one page summary Read More
