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Building the confidence of young professionals – Four tools: Energy, Perception, Inner dialogue and Breathing

At the recent MBL session on “Boost Your Confidence at Work – A toolbox for professionals” we explored a number of issues relating to confidence in the workplace – especially for those at the start of their career. Delegates included trainee solicitors and accountants as well as junior professionals in marketing and human Read More

2026-02-05T17:57:23+00:00July 21, 2025|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Relationship Management|

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|

Conversation skills book review 2 – How to talk to anyone: 92 little tricks for big success by Leil Lowndes (1999, 2017)

I’m often asked to provide training in conversation skills. Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations. I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns Read More

2023-05-22T15:51:24+01:00May 15, 2023|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management, Selling|

Conversation skills book review 1 – How to talk to anyone about anything – James W. Williams

I’m often asked to provide training in conversation skills. Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of a relationship building or sales conversations. I often wonder whether the conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns Read More

Non-Verbal Communication (NVC) – the basics (Video)

This short video (11 minutes) introduces Non-Verbal Communication (NVC) – the basics. (Video script) Hi I’m Kim Tasso There’s scientific evidence that it’s not so much what you say as how you say it. Today we are taking a quick look at Non-Verbal Communication. It’s like a secret language you Read More

2026-06-18T15:01:32+01:00August 20, 2021|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|
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