Kim TassoGrowing a surveyors’ practice – Five golden rules? (February 2017)
Posted on: April 18, 2017
In February I presented another of the successful MBL training courses “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” in Dublin, Ireland. It was interesting that the majority of the themes and issues raised during these sessions in the UK were raised at the session – despite the rather different economic and political environment. At the […]
Recruitment and succession of surveyors – Human resources management for property partnerships
Posted on: December 12, 2016
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 growing a profitable practice. Recruitment […]
Leading a surveyors’ practice – Eight insights into leadership in property
Posted on: July 20, 2016
At the recent Leeds presentation of the “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” training workshop we discussed leading a surveyor’s practice – leadership in property. Some of the leadership models discussed were considered helpful. We tackled a number of common issues when leading a surveyors’ practice and these are the themes that struck a […]
Futurologist Chris Yapp on “The professional firms of 2020”
Posted on: November 3, 2015At the recent Professional Marketing Forum conference (I wrote a review for the magazine which was published on 1st November) http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ futurologist Chris Yapp gave his view on the future of professional firms. He referred to the recent research by Deloitte/Oxford University which focused on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots to show […]
Opportunities and challenges in the legal market – presentation by Steve Billot of Duff and Phelps
Posted on: November 5, 2014I was fortunate to be at an event organised by Rix & Kay Solicitors http://www.rixandkay.co.uk/ a week ago where Steve Billot of Duff and Phelps http://www.duffandphelps.com/expertise/our_team/Pages/bio.aspx?itemid=546&list=People gave a presentation on opportunities and challenges in the legal market. What struck me was that whilst law firms are playing in an increasingly competitive market where the need […]