At the 28th PM Forum Annual Conference in September I (in my capacity as Head of Training and Learning Transfer of the Managing Partners’ Forum and PM Forum), co-presented breakout sessions with Julie McConnell of international law firm White & Case. Our focus was on the accelerating change in the Read More
The Managing Partners' Forum (mpfglobal.com) holds quarterly meetings of its Advisory Board where senior leaders discuss issues pertinent to the professional services sector. Updates are provided by Richard Chaplin, Jon Geldart and John Rowland together with the chairs of the Forum’s specialist groups: Management Teams Together; Finance & Operations; Strategy Read More
Senior law and accountancy leaders attended a masterclass workshop in London last week. The session looked at how to ease personal transitions (individual change) whilst driving organisational change (primarily through cultural transformation). As well as rational approaches (we considered several change management methodologies including Kotter’s), both elements involve engaging emotions Read More
One of my accountancy clients alerted me to a provider of content (The content provider for accountancy firms - Informanagement) which also provides legal content to small and medium firms in The Netherlands. It also provides content to law firms in The Netherlands and is about to extend the service Read More
In the run up to Christmas, I pledged to make a donation to a local mental health charity where I am a Trustee for each personalised email I sent to my clients and contacts. Naturally, we are all saddened by the enormous toll of the Covid crisis – to the Read More
