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

Red Star Kim

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

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

Red Star Kim

It used data from Russell Reynolds of nearly 5,000 job descriptions between 2000 to 2017 – for positions including CEO, CIO, Head of HR and CMO. Strategic thinking: Senior professionals will need to be able to see the big picture, identify trends, and make decisions that support the long-term success of the business.

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Strategy case studies and more matrices

Red Star Kim

This relates to the idea of leaders being either visionaries or operators Case study – Schultz at Starbucks Start by building a bold but executable strategy What are we great at?

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Release time to become a more proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive (November 2022)

Red Star Kim

Strategic thinking – Audits, assumptions and alignment (kimtasso.com). Strategic thinking. Proactive Marketing Executive workshop (kimtasso.com) February 2017. Marketing basics – Marketing audits with onions and pestles (kimtasso.com). Marketing and Business Development Planning in a Nutshell (kimtasso.com).

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders and students first grasping the principles of strategic thinking. The author clarifies the strategic process while guiding the reader through it to create a new strategic mindset. Unusually, he has accolades for both customer service and human resources.

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Being more strategic – Case studies and insights (Ireland May 2023)

Red Star Kim

I was delighted to return to Dublin to lead an in person training workshop for PM Forum Ireland on “ Being more strategic” with delegates from law, accountancy and consultancy firms. We considered strategic thinking, business strategy and marketing and business development strategy. 1 firm in Ireland.

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Why every agency account manager needs to be good at brief writing, with Ceylan Boyce

Account Management Skills

?. This week I invited my good friend, Ceylan Boyce to talk to us about strategic thinking and getting brief writing right. Then I opened my own strategic consultancy in 2012, and worked for major healthcare companies, and health or wellbeing related companies. what’s the implication of having a shitty brief.