Kim TassoBook review: Better Business Relationships by Carolyn Dyer, Head of HR and OD at Registers of Scotland
Posted on: March 8, 2019
The following book review of Better Business Relationships by Carolyn Dyer, Head of HR and OD (Interim) at Registers of Scotland (Scotland’s land and property registers) appeared on theHRDirector (HRD) web site in https://www.thehrdirector.com/book-reviews/better-business-relationships/ in February 2019. “This book by Kim Tasso is a ‘must-have’ for any forward-thinking Human Resources function. The content forms an […]
Be more Jessica Pearson – Nine tips on assertiveness, impact and effectiveness for marketing and BD executives
Posted on: March 30, 2018
At a recent assertiveness, impact and effectiveness workshop for marketing and BD executives we considered our various heroes and heroines. Jessica Pearson, managing partner of a fictitious New York law firm in the television series Suits, was considered an exemplar of assertiveness, impact and effectiveness. A good role model because Jessica fulfils all three aspects […]
Book review – Key Coaching Models by Stephen Gibson (and other coaching books)
Posted on: August 26, 2017
I am often asked for book recommendations on my coaching and mentoring courses so I thought I’d take a look at this one on coaching models. It’s stuffed full of useful models so I’d recommend it to experienced coaching practitioners. But as coaching (and counselling) skills are important in establishing a relationship I’ve included some […]
Presentation skills – Preparing the content and delivery
Posted on: May 19, 2017
Whether part of sales or pitching training or for standalone presentations for seminars and conferences I conduct many in-house training sessions on presentation skills. Yesterday, I delivered a training session on pitching for the PM Forum (http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx) and there was a request for general presentation skills guidance during that course. So this post summarises the […]
Change management in a surveyors’ practice – Bridging the gap between the old and the new
Posted on: July 27, 2015Last week I was joined by over 20 surveyors at the first presentation on this new MBL course on “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice”. Change management is a key topic. During the day we covered a lot of material including: business planning, strategy development, management functions, market analysis, service development, promotional marketing strategies, […]