Management

Award-winning London surveying firm Earl Kendrick appoints Kim Tasso as Non-Executive Director (NED)

London-based Chartered Building Surveyors, Earl Kendrick Associates (EKA), has appointed Kim Tasso to the Board as a Non-Executive Director from 1st January 2017. EKA was established in 2010 by Julian Davies. With offices in London and Brighton, it has become established as a leading building surveying practice specialising in the property management sector.  EKA Read More

2021-04-03T17:33:41+01:00February 2, 2017|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property|

Book review – Making sense of change management: A complete guide to the models, tools and techniques of organisational change by Esther Cameron and Mike Green

I’ve reviewed many books on change management (see the related blogs list below) but this one is a sure-fire winner if it’s a major area of interest to you. There are 450 pages of counselling, occupational psychology, consulting, organisational development, leadership and change management theories and tools – it’s a Read More

2017-01-15T17:33:40+00:00January 15, 2017|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Strategy|

Recruitment and succession of surveyors – Human resources management for property partnerships

At two recent MBL training courses on “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors practice” https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ - one in London and the other in Birmingham – there was much discussion about human resources management (HRM) issues. Recruitment and succession of surveyors appears to be a common challenge when it comes to Read More

2016-12-12T16:37:58+00:00December 12, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

Be more strategic – Look to the stars and keep it simple sailor

At a recent " Be more strategic " training workshop http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ the delegates summarised their rather full and intensive day by preparing presentations to summarise and highlight the key points that they had learned. Sailing as a metaphor for strategy One of the presentations used the metaphor of sailing a ship Read More

2016-11-28T17:42:41+00:00November 28, 2016|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit – Crystal balls, Change, Connection, CRM and Collaboration. And don’t forget the Millennials.

The end of September marks the annual Business Leadership Summit and Awards from The Lawyer magazine so I was at The Brewery in Chiswell Street bright and early for a day of commercial insights from lawyer business leaders. I was not disappointed.  What is the office for? - The Lawyer Read More

2016-10-08T13:36:28+01:00October 8, 2016|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|
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