Project 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|

Seven pitching themes – specialisation, engagement, research, content, differentiation, project management and virtual presence (May 2021)

This article was written for the delegates at a recent pitching workshop organised by the PM Forum  as a summary to supplement the other course materials they received. There were seven pitching themes – specialisation, engagement, research, content, differentiation, project management and virtual presence. 1. Increasing specialisation Many marketing and Read More

2021-08-20T08:59:28+01:00May 27, 2021|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling|

Reviewing books by legal and accounting clients – “Covid-19, residential property, equity release and enfranchisement” by Paul Sams and Louise Uphill and “Agile in Business – A guide for Company Leadership” by Robert Morley

I review a lot of books by people I don’t know. So it’s gratifying to read books by people I do know – and who also happen to be clients. Paul Sams and Louise Uphill at Dutton Gregory solicitors  on the impact of Covid-19 on residential property, equity release and Read More

2021-05-10T09:37:42+01:00May 10, 2021|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Property|
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