At the Professional Marketing Forum training session for Future Marketing Managers last week I talked about the Finnish quality of “Sisu”. Future Marketing Managers need some Finnish “Sisu” or Japanese “Ganbaru” for success. There isn’t a direct translation in English of this special quality which is part of the Finnish Read More
Internal relationships are important for producing results in any marketing or business development initiative. At a recent “Towards Key Account Management – Helping fee-earners with client relationship management” workshop we conducted a brain writing exercise to gather as many strategies and ideas to help marketing professionals forge stronger relationships with Read More
Psychology offers a lot of tools to improve business communication. Psychology and business communication are frequent themes in my training courses for professionals. As well as topics such as personality, cognitive styles, emotional intelligence and NLP, I provide an introduction to Transactional Analysis in a number of my communication and Read More
The start of a new year usually heralds a host of sincere resolutions for things that you will do differently or better in future. Many start a new year with revised goals. But before you set your goals – check your limiting assumptions. Much of my work is spent straddling Read More
I produced an overview of my work during the year (see http://kimtasso.com/whats-new/work-update/) but have summarised below three key reflections on the year and thus the main focus for action in 2015 for professional service firms: 1. Lead with strategy – Some have it. Many don’t. Everyone talks about it. Industries Read More