Be more strategic

Future Marketing/BD Manager – Build your personal brand and increase your strategic contribution (December 2022)

Early in December we enjoyed an interactive and productive day at Taylor Wessing (Thank you for hosting!) for a day workshop on “Future Marketing/BD Manager” with PM Forum. This post was prepared for the delegates as a reminder of the key themes and an additional learning resource. Future Marketing/BD Manager – Read More

2022-12-14T17:06:33+00:00December 14, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Classic management book reviews – The McKinsey way, Good to great, How to manage organisational change and Strategic Selling

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

2022-05-24T17:10:18+01:00May 24, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Selling, Strategy|

Be more strategic – Eight insights (February 2022)

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

2022-03-04T08:53:32+00:00March 1, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Take them on the strategy journey

Last week we had delegates from law and accountancy firms from all over the UK and Ireland (and also Cyprus) at another of the PM Forum’s  popular workshops on “Being more strategic”. We looked at how to improve strategic thinking skills, understanding business strategy and developing marketing/business development strategies. We Read More

2021-09-19T13:48:31+01:00September 19, 2021|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Strategy|

Strategic thinking – It’s a jungle out there

On 17 February I had the pleasure of facilitating a sold-out workshop on “Being more strategic” for the PM Forum. There were delegates from large and small law firms, patent attorneys, accountants, actuaries and management consultants. This is a summary of the session which I promised I’d share with the Read More

2021-04-01T16:12:24+01:00February 23, 2021|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|
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