I was surprised that at two recent workshops, delegates indicated that the attitudes and/or behaviours that they least like dealing with was arrogance. More so than anger, aggression and sadness. During another training scenario, I noticed that people acting in a superior way evoked similarly strong negative reactions. So this Read More
At a recent PM Forum workshop on “Assertiveness, effectiveness and impact” a key insight was the reassuring realisation that we are all in the same boat on fee-earner relationships. Seven themes on assertiveness, effectiveness and impact emerged on fee-earner relationships (guilt, value, variety, impact, influence, questions and time). 1. Ignore Read More
The 18 delegates at the April PM Forum day workshop on “The Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive” were evenly split between legal and accountancy firms with a slight majority from law firms. Throughout the day there was lots of interaction through polls, break out exercises and discussion. Here I Read More
This short (8 minute video) looks at a soft skill - how to boost your self-confidence and confidence. (Video script) Hi I’m Kim Tasso Today I want to talk to you about confidence…how to boost your self-confidence and confidence. And I'll start by asking the question – Why do you Read More
A half day digital workshop by Professional Marketing Forum took place in early October for a number of marketing and business development professionals from legal and accountancy firms. Assertiveness, confidence and effectiveness were the topics of discussion. Key takeaways The key takeaways from the delegates included: Self-confidence is based on Read More
