Business Planning

Where do I start? Business Development for Lawyers (MBL Private Client Training July 2015)

At a recent MBL seminar on “Developing and sustaining your private client practice” https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline?progid=5747&AddSeminarToBasket=1026988 a delegate said that while she found the day really good, she had so many ideas that she didn’t know where to start. So this blog post is for her. 1. Understand the numbers Make friends Read More

2015-07-21T11:15:01+01:00July 21, 2015|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Relationship Management, Strategy|

Be more strategic – creating behaviour change

At the PM Forum’s “Being more strategic” course http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ last week we covered a lot of ground. During the day we explored techniques for: thinking strategically, strategic processes, developing business strategy and strategic marketing. The feedback (see below) was fantastic. When I asked delegates on what topic they would most Read More

2015-07-06T12:18:57+01:00July 6, 2015|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Strategy workshop: Skills, resources, involvement and tools for the journey

Yesterday saw the first presentation of the new PM Forum training course on “Being more strategic” (a Strategy workshop) which was hosted in the marvellous client space at Linklaters solicitors. Whilst most delegates were from law firms there were a good number from accountancy practices and even a representative from Read More

2014-10-18T17:04:36+01:00October 18, 2014|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Book review: “Developing a business strategy – How to use strategic planning to start up or grow your business” FT Essential Guides by Vaughan Evans

I’ve read numerous books on strategy since before my MBA in 1996 and ever since. There were some good and some poor. As part of preparing for the forthcoming course on “Being more strategic” for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ I needed to select a couple of books to recommend to delegates. Read More

2014-08-19T16:00:04+01:00August 19, 2014|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Technology, strategy, innovation and pricing dominate Law South Conference

I spent yesterday at the lovely Fanhams Hall Hotel in Hertfordshire with the 12 law firms who make up Law South. There were four speakers (Professor Richard Susskind OBE, Nick Jarrett-Kerr, Tim Aspinall of DMH Stallard and myself) and two interactive sessions with the 50 or so members using electronic Read More

2013-08-07T22:12:39+01:00May 12, 2012|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Statistics and trends, Strategy|
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