At recent consulting, strategy and change management workshops delegates asked about some classic management books. I also noticed that “Good to great” was frequently referenced in some of the latest management thinking. As I had published the reviews below before starting this blog in 2008, I thought I’d re-post them Read More
Last week I led an intensive and experiential MBL “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors practice” online workshop. Whilst there were larger practices amongst the delegates, the focus of the many exercises and discussions was the next steps in growing a small surveying and property practice. Like when a plant Read More
At the recent MBL full day online workshop on “How to Manage & Grow Your Private Client Practice” with private client lawyers from across the UK, we discussed a variety of contemporary management and marketing issues. During the session there were a number of management questions from private client lawyers Read More
It was a full house as delegates from legal, accounting, property and consulting firms joined me for a PM Forum digital session on “Being more strategic”. The backdrop of breaking news of Russian activity in Ukraine provided an ominous reminder that many strategy ideas originated in the military domain. Here’s Read More
I read this 2018 book during lock down. It is one of the rare books on marketing strategy written by someone who is familiar with the professional services sector. The author, Heidi Taylor, worked in IT, telecoms and professional services. She is a former Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) Marketer Read More
