Here are the key thoughts from the delegates on a recent PM Forum training course on “Practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ Goals – Without goals, it is impossible to measure contribution, effectiveness and success. Goals are also important personally in terms of understanding where Read More
Managing teams and virtual teams was the topic generating most interest at a recent Future Marketing Manager course (see http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/). In professional service firms, there are all manner of temporary campaign groups, cross-departmental teams to support sector based initiatives and virtual teams for major firm-wide projects. Sometimes the team members Read More
Yesterday saw another successful training session for PM Forum with delegates from legal, accountancy and property firms at the “Practical and Professional Skills for marketing and business development assistants” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ Summarising the discussion, here is a checklist of 25 practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants. Perception Read More
Recently I ran another of the popular “marketing planning in a nutshell” training session for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ The 18 delegates – from a variety of legal and accountancy firms - selected three of the topics we discussed for a follow up blog: Stepping stones, persuasion and maintaining momentum Stepping Read More
The start of a new year usually heralds a host of sincere resolutions for things that you will do differently or better in future. Many start a new year with revised goals. But before you set your goals – check your limiting assumptions. Much of my work is spent straddling Read More
