Strategy Development

Consulting Skills – The power of workshops

At the recent PM Forum – PM Forum training workshop on “Coaching and Consulting skills for marketing and business development professionals” we spent time considering key consulting skills. In particular we focused on how to achieve engagement, buy-in, commitment and implementation for a “consultancy” project. As well as looking at stakeholder engagement in detail Read More

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

How to create a digital marketing strategy in a professional services firm

It was great to welcome the Optix Solutions team to deliver its first online training session for PM Forum  on 4th September. This new session “Creating a Leading Digital Marketing Strategy” guided delegates through the process of creating and implementing a digital marketing strategy. It comprised three elements: a) digital 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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