Books

Book review – HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations by Nancy Duarte

As I am doing a fair amount of training and coaching on presentation pitches at the moment (particularly for actuaries, construction consultants and lawyers), I thought I’d take a look at the various books on presentation skills to recommend to people who ask for additional information. When I started reading Read More

Book review: Let’s get real or let’s not play – The demise of dysfunctional selling and the advent of helping clients succeed (Mahan Khalsa)

I reviewed this book (Let's get real or let's not play - The demise of dysfunctional selling) back in March 2003 for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/index.aspx but as a couple of people have asked about Frank Covey sales techniques lately I thought it was worth digging it out again. As well Read More

Is your organisation too complex?

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

2013-08-09T20:53:32+01:00October 24, 2012|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

MBA Refresher – Pricing, Innovation, Leadership and Technology

AMBA (Association of MBAs) puts on great regular events for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and amazingly they are mostly free to members. Last year’s MBA refresher (http://kimtasso.com/association-of-mbas-refresher-event-banks-innovation-entrepreneurs-and-coaching) was excellent so I was excited when I arrived at Imperial College on 4th September. Here’s a summary of what was covered. Pricing to Read More

2013-08-09T19:20:38+01:00September 9, 2012|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

Recommended reading lists – from the IPA

Whilst the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) remains the obvious choice for most marketers on resources to support training and development, I couldn’t help but admire the resources of the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising). Take, for example, its required reading list in the IPA Shop - http://www.ipa.co.uk/Framework/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=2698 Whilst Read More

2013-08-08T20:54:23+01:00August 31, 2012|Kim's Blog, Marketing|
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