Human Resources

Coaching success stories

I don’t often share my coaching success stories – but recent results have been astonishing. I’ve had to change the details a little to protect confidentiality, but here are a selection: Property director back in the game An MBA qualified director in the property sector had a serious illness which Read More

Book review: Life after Boris by James Mendelssohn (a story about succession in a partnership)

I liked both “Who moved my cheese?” (Spencer Johnson) and “Our iceberg is melting” (John Kotter) – two fables about how to manage individual and business change. And now the professions have their own story about succession in a partnership. With a distinctly “Watership Down” feel – the main characters Read More

2013-09-04T21:43:48+01:00June 21, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property|

Personality assessment as part of the coaching and development process

Psychometric tests are often used as part of the recruitment assessment process by human resource professionals, but many people find them a valuable element of a performance improvement or career development coaching process. Many clients have found insights into their own personality – and how it compares to their colleagues Read More

2022-06-11T11:54:42+01:00June 5, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Property|

Digital PR case study – BDO accountants “Service2020: Megatrends for the decade ahead” and local government social media campaign

Allan Evans is global head of clients and markets at BDO accountants and in the UK leads a team of more than 60 people. Prior to joining BDO, Allan was the sales and marketing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers and before that he worked at Abbey Life, Lloyds TSB, Friends Provident and Read More

Use the 6Rs to generate more referrals – Referrer management

For lawyers, accountants and surveyors in a network of offices, the challenge of generating referrals (cross-selling) will be all too familiar. Extend the network into strategic alliances and across other firms and the problem is compounded. Referrer management is an important but tricky activity. It’s a multi-faceted issue, and there is Read More

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