On Monday night the London offices of lawyers Allen & Overy hosted the inaugural award ceremony for “The Laurie Young Global Prize for Thought Leadership 2014”. It was a veritable business hall of fame with participation from such prestigious organisations as Harvard Business Review (HBR), London Business School (LBS), Boston Read More
I’ve just written a full review of this book on business networking for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ - and it’s full of praise for this down to earth and immensely practical book (written by an accountant) which reflects all the values and advice that I share with my clients during Read More
As part of the conflict management training courses and coaching I provide, I have just updated the 40 page resource “Guide to effective communication, conflict management and negotiation for smoother relationships and better outcomes” that I provide to delegates and coaching clients. Whilst much of the training focuses on influence, Read More
At a recent in-house training workshop on “Communication, conflict and negotiation” I explained about different personality, cognitive and relationship styles – and the mind set of fee-earning professionals. We considered how to adapt our approach so that we could create rapport and trust and forge strong relationships with fee-earners. This, Read More
While most people know about the leading CRM systems for the professions (e.g. LexisNexis InterAction for lawyers), it’s always interesting to hear about other systems for small to medium sized firms whose needs are a little less sophisticated. Glasnost21 is produced by Antony Slumbers who specialises in the use of Read More