Kim TassoLeadership teams: Maverick Magpies and Predictable Pigeons (Video)
Posted on: June 29, 2020In my latest short soft skills video (9 minutes) I look at Leadership teams: Maverick Magpies and Predictable Pigeons. I briefly explore some leadership themes including task vs relationship, future vs present, leadership vs management, strategy vs operations and visionaries vs integrators. (Script) Hi. Today I’d like to talk to you about leadership. But first […]
Book review: Legacy – What the All Blacks can teach us about the business of life by James Kerr (Leadership, culture, values and change management)
Posted on: January 10, 2020
One of my property clients gave me a copy of this book to support a partner away day I was leading on authenticity, values and leadership http://kimtasso.com/leadership-authenticity-values-and-culture/. It’s a quick but interesting read so I thought – especially as I am proud Twickenham resident and a rugby fan – I’d provide a short book review: […]
Better Business Relationships and DACRIE – A model to enhance business relationships
Posted on: April 15, 2019
This article “A model to enhance business relationships” was published in the March 2019 edition of Ambition (the magazine of the Association of MBAs). It describes the DACRIE model which is the basis of the book by Kim Tasso “Better Business Relationships – Insights from psychology and management for working in a digital world”. The […]
Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice – Guiding and rising stars
Posted on: March 28, 2019
At the recent Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice workshop (https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/) the following ideas had the most impact on the delegates. There were two themes. The first was the “guiding star of strategy” – the vision of the partners, the business plan and the marketing plan. The second was “rising stars in the practice” […]
Leadership and management: Maverick Magpies and Predictable Pigeons
Posted on: October 19, 2018
There is a myth that magpies are attracted to shiny, sparkly things. The myth says that they will even steal them. (In 2014 researchers at Exeter University disproved the idea that magpies are attracted to shiny things – but bear with me while I continue my metaphor). Creative swiping was a term coined by Tom […]