The Managing Partners' Forum (mpfglobal.com) holds quarterly meetings of its Advisory Board where senior leaders discuss issues pertinent to the professional services sector. Updates are provided by Richard Chaplin, Jon Geldart and John Rowland together with the chairs of the Forum’s specialist groups: Management Teams Together; Finance & Operations; Strategy Read More
I posted this on LinkedIn on 13th September. It received such a warm and enthusiastic response that it was suggested we consider a series highlighting the giants of professional services marketing and business development. So here’s the spotlight on Richard Chaplin, PM Forum and Managing Partners’ Forum. What’s the longest Read More
I’ve just listened again to a podcast about the top six leadership qualities which is included in the Level 6 Marketing Manager Apprenticeship. The podcast was produced by Cambridge Marketing College where Kiran Kapur interviews Daryl Fielding – formerly a senior marketer at Vodafone and now a portfolio Non-Executive Director. Read More
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 perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid Read More
Following my past research (some of which was published in my 2020 book Essential soft skills for lawyers (kimtasso.com)) I keep an eye out for the latest information relating to the soft skills (particularly leadership skills) most in demand and how these relate to the professional services sector. So here Read More
