I was recently asked to lead a workshop on effective delegation. Now lawyers, accountants and surveyors are not silly – they understand that delegation has numerous benefits not least: increased profitability for the firm, a more cost effective solution for clients and development opportunities for junior staff. Professionals are also Read More
Today I attended CLT’s “Managing and marketing a profitable private client practice” as I was presenting a paper on pricing. I’ve presented at previous conferences, but today I was able to listen to the majority of the other presentations and thought I’d share the nuggets and highlights. Opening remarks Helen Read More
At the start of 2013 I identified two main themes for my consultancy (and content strategy) – pricing and project management. They are, of course, linked. Earlier in the year I did some research into the pricing of family law services and have been interested to see that lots of Read More
Bringing together content from the fields of psychology, communications and negotiation I have just produced a 15 page booklet on conflict management for clients involved in my training and coaching programmes. At the risk of incurring the wrath of my litigation and mediation clients, I thought I’d share some of Read More
I liked both “Who moved my cheese?” (Spencer Johnson) and “Our iceberg is melting” (John Kotter) – two fables about how to manage individual and business change. And now the professions have their own story about succession in a partnership. With a distinctly “Watership Down” feel – the main characters Read More