People Skills

How technology drives marketing intelligence and efficiency

This article “How technology drives marketing intelligence and efficiency” was published by Intapp on April 29, 2019  Intapp recently connected with industry influencer, Kim Tasso, to discuss how technology is impacting and improving marketing. Tasso, the managing director of RedStarKim Ltd., is an independent management consultant specializing in the professional Read More

An MBA is great – but you’ll need soft skills to make an impact

This article "An MBA is great – but you’ll need soft skills to make an impact" was published on the Association of MBAs (AMBA) web site on 23 November 2018  https://community.mbaworld.com/blog/b/weblog/posts/an-mba-is-great-but-you-ll-need-those-soft-skills-to-make-an-impact They don’t teach you about soft skills and relationships at Business School, but these are what could make the vital difference to Read More

2018-12-03T10:01:50+00:00December 3, 2018|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

Managing teams and virtual teams – 13 top tips

Managing teams and virtual teams was the topic generating most interest at a recent Future Marketing Manager course (see http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/). In professional service firms, there are all manner of temporary campaign groups, cross-departmental teams to support sector based initiatives and virtual teams for major firm-wide projects. Sometimes the team members Read More

2016-05-17T12:11:31+01:00May 17, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Book review: “How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie – Still a valuable guide

I first read "How to win friends and influence people" way back in January 1984. That’s nearly 30 years ago (the book was actually written back in 1938). It had a profound effect on me - despite the fact that I am a psychologist and have read thousands of books Read More

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