Human Resources

Mischcon de Reya – a law firm that seems to have got it right?

As I have blogged before about Mischon de Reya, (most recently http://kimtasso.com/collaborative-marketing-of-family-law-services-debretts-and-mishcon-de-reya and http://kimtasso.com/legal-marketing-case-study-mishcon-de-reya) it was interesting to read the article about the firm in a recent edition of The Lawyer http://www.thelawyer.com/reya-light/1013344.article Some of the key themes that emerge as to the key to its success include: A strong managing partner Read More

2013-08-08T19:57:23+01:00July 20, 2012|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Reflections on Managing Change and Leadership (with book list)

At the start of July, I ran another of the popular PM courses on “Managing Change and Leadership” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/index.aspx. As usual, I promised the delegates a summary from the session and the delay was due to me reviewing a new book on Managing Change (see below). We started the session with Read More

2014-08-05T17:18:05+01:00July 16, 2012|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Relationship Management|

Leadership: Lessons from Star Trek and Neuroscience

Two recent but very different articles on leadership attracted my attention. Star Trek Forbes published “Five leadership lessons from James T Kirk” in May http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/05/five-leadership-lessons-from-james-t-kirk/. It’s a neat way to get across some key messages – with evidence from the Enterprise’s caption: Never stop learning Be a “walking stack of Read More

2015-01-22T15:13:37+00:00June 20, 2012|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

Book review “Conversational riffs – creating meaning out of conflict” by Neil Denny (Conflict management)

Book review “Conversational riffs - creating meaning out of conflict” by Neil Denny (Conflict management). Psychologists say that successful relationships have the following elements: A safe place from which to explore Repair after rupture Communication Neil’s book on conflict management offers some great insights and help primarily in the second Read More

2022-05-31T09:15:55+01:00April 1, 2012|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Relationship Management|
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