Kim TassoSix themes on cross-selling and referrer management workshop highlights (2020)
Posted on: September 17, 2020Yesterday I facilitated an interactive workshop through the Professional Marketing Forum on cross-selling and referrer management. I promised the delegates – representing a range of legal and accountancy practices – that I would summarise and share the key points arising from the session and the six themes to supplement their learning resources. Aims and issues […]
Animal magic of buy-in and stakeholder engagement (Video)
Posted on: September 11, 2020Today’s video provides 11 tips with the animal magic of buy-in and stakeholder engagement. (Video script – Animal magic of buy-in and stakeholder engagement) Hi. I’m Kim Tasso. I’ve spent many years helping people to achieve buy-in – that is, getting senior management and colleagues to accept and support their ideas. It’s the personal psychology […]
Leadership teams: Maverick Magpies and Predictable Pigeons (Video)
Posted on: June 29, 2020In my latest short soft skills video (9 minutes) I look at Leadership teams: Maverick Magpies and Predictable Pigeons. I briefly explore some leadership themes including task vs relationship, future vs present, leadership vs management, strategy vs operations and visionaries vs integrators. (Script) Hi. Today I’d like to talk to you about leadership. But first […]
Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2020 – Marketing, client service, innovation, learning and culture change
Posted on: March 16, 2020
I’ve been one of the judges on the annual Managing Partners’ Forum Awards for many years – across a number of categories. I was invited to attend the Awards dinner (again at the Marriot Grosvenor Square) to celebrate with the short-listed firms across three themes – Client, Community and Business. I thought I’d highlight some […]
Book review: A practitioner’s guide to Account-Based Marketing (ABM) – Accelerating growth in strategic accounts by Bev Burgess with Dave Munn
Posted on: February 8, 2020
A shorter version of this book review appeared in the February 2020 edition of Professional Marketing Magazine Have you ever wondered about the difference between KAM and ABM? Well, this 2017 book “A practitioner’s guide to Account-Based Marketing (ABM) – Accelerating growth in strategic accounts” provides the answer: you design an integrated marketing and sales […]