Property

Recruitment and succession of surveyors – Human resources management for property partnerships

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 Read More

2016-12-12T16:37:58+00:00December 12, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

Referrer management strategies: Plan, target, focus, research, relationship, add value and let go (Manchester, 2016)

Recently in Manchester, I was joined by accountants, lawyers and insolvency practitioners for the MBL  referrer management training workshop on “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries”. Here are the delegates’ views of the highlights. Plan – Back to basics  Most firms have referrer management programmes and activities – but Read More

2016-11-02T16:35:37+00:00November 2, 2016|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Property, Relationship Management, Social Media, Strategy|

The Lawyer UK 200 Workspace report – Law firm use of real estate

During the summer months I spent much of my time visiting the offices of solicitors and barristers around the UK, interviewing JLL’s property agents in the Big Six UK cities and knee-deep in data to produce an article and 20,000 word data-rich, benchmarking report for the second The Lawyer UK Read More

2016-09-19T09:34:33+01:00September 19, 2016|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

To merge or not to merge? Merging property partnerships

Merging property partnerships – which are essentially people businesses – can be challenging. The topic of whether to merge or not to merge a small surveyors’ practice was discussed at a recent “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” (see https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ for future dates and locations).  Reasons to merge Property Read More

2016-09-14T18:17:27+01:00September 14, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

Leading a surveyors’ practice – Eight insights into leadership in property

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 Read More

2016-07-20T09:57:53+01:00July 20, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|
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