In most of the courses I teach and the coaching provided to senior lawyers, accountants and surveyors I talk about the importance of having a firm-wide strategy. Even if it is merely an “umbrella strategy” of overall parameters about how the equity partners hope that the firm will develop and Read More
Obviously the legal market is in a state of flux with the recession, deregulation and the threat of new business models and new entrants as the result of the Legal Services Act. Many accountants are scratching around for a response to the commoditisation of audit services and surveyors and agents Read More
Book review: Chaotics - The business of managing and marketing in the age of turbulence By Philip Kotler and John A Caslione (scenario planning). This review appeared in Professional Marketing magazine a while back. But I keep mentioning the book to people so thought I’d publish it here. This book about scenario planning Read More
Having recently attended Netlaw’s Key strategies for law firms conference http://kimtasso.com/key-strategies-for-law-firms-netlaw-conference-report I was keen to see whether the accountants were concerned with the same issues. Chatham House rules were in place for this event so it is not possible to attribute the comments to particular individuals but amongst the speakers were: Read More
Most people who have completed management studies or an MBA will be familiar with this model. But there are a couple of professional practices that I work with who have used it in anger and have effectively built their integrated firm business plan, departmental business plans and individual partner plans Read More
