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Assertiveness and confidence – Clarity, power and incisive questions

At the recent PM Forum workshop on “Assertiveness, Effectiveness and Impact for Marketing and Business Development Assistants and Executives” we welcomed a lively group of delegates. Marketing and business development roles in professional services are improving on many fronts yet there were some worrying results (see poll results below): Just Read More

2026-05-11T09:57:33+01:00May 11, 2026|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Future marketing and business development managers – The delicate balancing act

Well done to the select group of delegates who battled through the London tube strike and rain to arrive EARLY for a PM Forum workshop day on marketing and business development (MBD) management. Thanks too to Dentons  for hosting and the generous hospitality. Future marketing and business development managers – Read More

2025-09-18T09:04:59+01:00September 18, 2025|Management Skills, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Consulting skills 1 – Book review: The Art of Consultancy by Calvert Markham

I am often asked which books I recommend on consulting skills. I’m asked both by people contemplating a freelance consultancy career and increasingly by people who have an internal consultant role supporting a change management programme. Having started in a management consultancy (now Deloitte) in 1987, been an independent consultant Read More

2021-08-18T10:35:48+01:00August 6, 2021|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|
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