Having test run this new training session earlier in the year at a City law firm, I am pleased to report that its first public outing last week was deemed a success – with positive comments from the assistants, managers and partner who attended. Some of the feedback comments included: Read More
I am increasingly asked about marketing qualifications, particularly with reference to developing digital skills so I thought I’d do a round-up of the established courses and highlight some new options. Chartered Institute of Marketing There is much material on this web site about the main professional qualifications offered by the Read More
Recently, I ran another of the successful Business development for lawyers full day training sessions in London. Unusually, the delegates were predominantly from commercial areas including corporate, property and employment representing a range of small and larger firms from across the UK. Some of their target markets were interesting: aviation, Read More
Two recent but very different articles on leadership attracted my attention. Star Trek Forbes published “Five leadership lessons from James T Kirk” in May http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/05/five-leadership-lessons-from-james-t-kirk/. It’s a neat way to get across some key messages – with evidence from the Enterprise’s caption: Never stop learning Be a “walking stack of Read More
This week I lead another of the successful inbound marketing and social media courses for professional services marketers for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/index.aspx. I was glad that there were delegates from all the professions – lawyers, accountants and surveyors – although having a range of 3 to 9.5 (out of ten) Read More
