Effectiveness

Assertiveness toolbox

The “Assertiveness, effectiveness and impact” Home - PM Forum training workshop was lively. Thanks to the delegates from legal, accountancy, private equity, insolvency and engineering firms from across the UK. Amongst their sector were: social housing, charities/NFP, real estate and oil & gas. Assertiveness is the extent to which you Read More

2025-05-16T07:58:59+01:00May 16, 2025|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Assertiveness, confidence and impact – we’re all in the same (stressed) boat

For once, delegates from accountancy practices outnumbered those from law, consultancy, property and actuarial firms at the PM Forum’s training workshop on “Impact, Assertiveness and Effectiveness”. As well as English, Scottish and Irish delegates, we welcomed a delegate from Brussels. One delegate was a former lawyer and another joined us Read More

2024-05-07T13:17:03+01:00May 7, 2024|Kim's Blog, Marketing|

Managing Partners’ Forum Strategy Summit

Thanks to the Managing Partners' Forum  Strategy Summit at haysmacintyre earlier this week. My takeaways from the insightful facilitators and panellists were: Recruitment of lawyers is down on previous years whereas business support is up Increase in tax hires in law firms Increase in marketing roles (exceeding 2019 numbers) Whilst Read More

2023-07-13T15:45:33+01:00July 13, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Assertive communication: The importance of voice

At the PM Forum  half day workshop on “Impact, assertiveness and effectiveness” there were delegates from law, intellectual property and accountancy firms. Some felt these skills weren’t taught at university and others wanted help to develop their roles and grow personally. Some were new to their roles and professional services Read More

2023-05-16T11:58:28+01:00May 16, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Be visible, assert and challenge and remember your goals – Insights from an Assertiveness, impact and effectiveness workshop

Last week there was almost a full house at the PM Forum’s  workshop on “Assertiveness, impact and effectiveness for marketing and business development assistants and executives”. Delegates were from legal, accounting and actuarial firms in a variety of roles including marketing, business development, digital, graphic design, events and client services Read More

2022-05-19T12:30:16+01:00May 19, 2022|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|
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