Strategic thinking

Be more strategic – Strategy into Action (Strategy Implementation)

It was a full house for December’s “Being more strategic” PM Forum - PM Forum workshop for marketing and business development (MBD) professionals. During the session we considered three key areas: thinking strategically, business strategy and marketing/business development strategy. What emerged from exercises and discussions was how to progress from Read More

2024-12-20T12:17:53+00:00December 20, 2024|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Strategy|

Future marketing and BD managers – Managing challenging behaviour and Personal Development Plans (PDP)

A few top insights from last week’s full day training session by PM Forum. The session covered a lot of ground including: management skills, strategic thinking, financial scenarios, marketing and business development (MBD) theories, developing MBD plans, soft skills, gaining internal buy-in and managing a team. I pick a couple Read More

Be more strategic – Stretch your strategy muscle

The recent “Be more strategic” workshop from Training - PM Forum took place on St George’s Day. This post summarises the key points raised by delegates – and lists their poll results and discussions. As such, it provides an additional learning resource to the delegates. So in this post on Read More

2024-05-02T14:26:28+01:00May 2, 2024|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Strategy|

Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing

In early December we welcomed 15 delegates to a PM Forum “Be more strategic” workshop. The delegate aims, views and key takeaways are shown below. The workshop covered strategic thinking, business strategy and marketing and business development (MBD) strategy. We looked at case studies from professional services firms. From the Read More

Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Being easy to read, short and jargon-free The Strategy Book (FT Publishing, 2012) is a considerable achievement bearing in mind the subject matter. I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders Read More

2023-11-09T10:23:32+00:00November 9, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Strategy|
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