Most lawyers, surveyors and accountants moan about how many internal meetings they have to attend and what a huge amount of time (and money) is wasted in them. So how do we make our meetings more effective? Common sense and communication The professions are bright people. They understand that effective Read More
At the start of the month (it’s been busy) I attended this conference at which I presented a paper on “Commoditising and innovating legal products” (on which there is a separate post) and some key points emerged that I thought I would share: After some rather dramatic music, Viv Williams Read More
Thanks to all those who attended the informal launch of my book “Growing your property partnership – Plans, promotion and people” last night. I had a great time and hope everyone else did too. It was great to see so many clients and contacts from the property industry – lots Read More
Well, after conceiving the original idea back in June 2007 – just after the book I co-wrote with Graham Norwood on media relations was published – my latest book “Growing your property partnership – Plans, promotion and people” has finally arrived. Few people know how much hassle it is to Read More
A while back I did a presentation on this topic - with a bias to bridging the gap between partners/management and the BD/marketing team - for Conscious Solutions conference. The ten tips were: To survive: 1. Get a grip on the finances 2. Do a reality check 3. Prepare a Read More