Career Development

Digital and soft skills – Microsoft on skills needed for an inclusive economy

As today is the start of Microsoft’s Digital Skills Week (14th-18th September 2020) I joined a short digital event this morning (with speakers also from Catch 22 and LinkedIn) on skills for an inclusive economy. It was interesting to hear the latest research and trends on the digital and soft Read More

2021-04-03T14:46:21+01:00September 14, 2020|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Statistics and trends|

Podcast – With Kiran Kapur of Cambridge Marketing College on soft skills for marketing professionals

This podcast was released in August 2020 by Kiran Kapur of Cambridge Marketing College  on soft skills for marketing professionals   (Approximate script with links)  Introduction  Kim Tasso is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and has worked in marketing – as a director and a consultant – Read More

2021-04-03T14:49:52+01:00August 26, 2020|Kim's Blog, Marketing|

Book review: “Range – How generalists triumph in a specialized world” by David Epstein

“Range – How generalists triumph in a specialized world” by David Epstein – provided both great comfort and sparked inspiration on a number of people development initiatives. If you, like me, have sometimes worried that your multiple professions and experiences in numerous industries left you vulnerable to the appeal of Read More

2020-08-03T09:21:17+01:00August 3, 2020|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

Book launch: Essential soft skills for lawyers – some research findings

Between August 2019 and March 2020 I analysed a huge amount of information and research relating to the importance of soft skills within the UK legal profession. I also interviewed over 20 people from large and small law firms – lawyers and learning & development professionals – as well as Read More

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