Kim TassoBetter Business Relationships and DACRIE – A model to enhance business relationships
Posted on: April 15, 2019
This article “A model to enhance business relationships” was published in the March 2019 edition of Ambition (the magazine of the Association of MBAs). It describes the DACRIE model which is the basis of the book by Kim Tasso “Better Business Relationships – Insights from psychology and management for working in a digital world”. The […]
An MBA is great – but you’ll need soft skills to make an impact
Posted on: December 3, 2018
This article “An MBA is great – but you’ll need soft skills to make an impact” was published on the Association of MBAs (AMBA) web site on 23 November 2018 https://community.mbaworld.com/blog/b/weblog/posts/an-mba-is-great-but-you-ll-need-those-soft-skills-to-make-an-impact They don’t teach you about soft skills and relationships at Business School, but these are what could make the vital difference to career success, says Kim Tasso […]
Client Feedback – From the horse’s mouth: The Crown Estate, Surrey County Cricket Club and JUUL Laboratories (2018)
Posted on: November 8, 2018At the 2018 Professional Marketing Conference (see http://kimtasso.com/professional-marketing-forum-conference-report-2018-the-bare-necessities/), there was the usual client panel where clients of legal, accountancy and property professional services firms gave their views on marketing and client service. Continuing the series of Client Feedback – From the horse’s mouth: The Crown Estate, Surrey County Cricket Club and JUUL Laboratories provide their […]
Book review: “The change catalyst – secrets to successful and sustainable business change” by Campbell MacPherson (Change Management)
Posted on: September 26, 2018
I was at the Business Book Awards https://www.businessbookawards.co.uk/ in March. I saw Campbell’s humble and humorous acceptance speech when this book scooped the overall winner prize. The judges’ glowing commendations meant that I simply had to read it. The change catalyst is indeed a great book. It’s beautifully written and a welcome addition to change management […]
10 takeaways from a workshop on buy-in (Guildford, 2018)
Posted on: September 13, 2018
Thanks to Stevens Bolton https://www.stevens-bolton.com/ for hosting a Professional Marketing Forum workshop on buy-in Guildford http://www.pmforum.co.uk/locations/guildford.aspx After a lively session including exercises, discussions and sharing ideas, the delegates selected the following top 10 takeaways: 1. Face-to-face contact A recent HBR report suggested that face-to-face requests were 34 times more likely to be accepted than those by […]