Impact

Aspiring MBD Leaders – Advice from a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

This article is one in a series supporting the Home – PM Forum training course Aspiring Marketing and Business Development Leader – PM Forum (for marketing and BD managers preparing for their next career move). Leor has worked hard during his successful professional services marketing career – spanning legal, accountancy and consulting firms – Read More

Assertiveness and confidence – Clarity, power and incisive questions

At the recent PM Forum workshop on “Assertiveness, Effectiveness and Impact for Marketing and Business Development Assistants and Executives” we welcomed a lively group of delegates. Marketing and business development roles in professional services are improving on many fronts yet there were some worrying results (see poll results below): Just Read More

2026-05-11T09:57:33+01:00May 11, 2026|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Strategic marketing case study – Brand at Mishcon de Reya lawyers

At the 30th Annual PM Forum Conference, Elliot Moss | LinkedIn shared law firm Mishcon de Reya’s growth story leveraging strategy, brand and advertising (see 30th PM Forum Conference – Beyond Boundaries). His humility was touching – considering he is widely considered the poster boy of professional services marketing. Our Read More

2025-11-13T10:37:07+00:00November 13, 2025|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Strategy|

Assertiveness toolbox

The “Assertiveness, effectiveness and impact” Home - PM Forum training workshop was lively. Thanks to the delegates from legal, accountancy, private equity, insolvency and engineering firms from across the UK. Amongst their sector were: social housing, charities/NFP, real estate and oil & gas. Assertiveness is the extent to which you Read More

2026-05-06T16:06:28+01:00May 16, 2025|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) updates standard and qualifications (2024)

Marketing moves at a very fast pace – and professional marketing standards and qualifications need to keep up. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has revised its professional qualifications. The last major revision was in 2020. CIM qualifications provide guidance on what knowledge, skills and behaviours are needed throughout a Read More

2024-09-03T10:54:19+01:00September 3, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Social Media|
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