Our workshop on driving change in professional practices proved to be an intense and challenging day learning about psychology, leadership and change management. Delegates worked on their plans for achieving desired changes in themselves, their teams and their firms. Here are some of the highlights from the delegates’ perspective. The Read More
London-based Chartered Building Surveyors, Earl Kendrick Associates (EKA), has appointed Kim Tasso to the Board as a Non-Executive Director from 1st January 2017. EKA was established in 2010 by Julian Davies. With offices in London and Brighton, it has become established as a leading building surveying practice specialising in the property management sector. EKA Read More
Last week I was joined in London by accountants, tax advisers, surveyors, lawyers and business development folk for the first public workshop on persuasive writing for business development. Writing topics of interest At the outset, I asked the delegates to share their areas of interest or concern and their main Read More
At two recent MBL training courses on “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors practice” https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ - one in London and the other in Birmingham – there was much discussion about human resources management (HRM) issues. Recruitment and succession of surveyors appears to be a common challenge when it comes to Read More
Recently in Manchester, I was joined by accountants, lawyers and insolvency practitioners for the MBL referrer management training workshop on “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries”. Here are the delegates’ views of the highlights. Plan – Back to basics Most firms have referrer management programmes and activities – but Read More
