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
At last week’s “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” workshop in Glasgow, where the focus was on how to achieve profitable growth, the delegates identified six insights into managing a surveyors’ practice 1. Produce a (short) strategic business plan Some firms had a business plan that needed to be Read More
People management in a property partnership is one of the topics addressed in the “Managing and marketing a profitable property partnership” training session I deliver periodically for MBL seminars https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline?progid=5865&AddSeminarToBasket=1027490 The course is based on the book “Growing your property partnership” http://kimtasso.com/publications/growing-your-property-partnership/. At each session, I ask what delegates would Read More
I’m frequently asked to help with the challenge of how to design a marketing and business development team in professional service firms that is fit for the future. I have developed a consultancy methodology for doing so. I recently used it to talk through the process with the director of Read More
At the recent Professional Marketing Forum conference (I wrote a review for the magazine which was published on 1st November) http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ futurologist Chris Yapp gave his view on the future of professional firms. He referred to the recent research by Deloitte/Oxford University which focused on the impact of artificial intelligence Read More
