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Soft skills for tough barristers (Reflection, Self-Coaching, Change, EQ, Awareness, Goal-setting, Communications) Counsel Magazine

Red Star Kim

January 2023 | COUNSEL | The Magazine of the Bar of England and Wales (counselmagazine.co.uk) Soft skills for tough barristers (Reflection, Self-Coaching, Change, EQ, Awareness, Goal-setting, Communications). The seasonal break allows time to step back and reflect on what you’ve achieved and where you’re heading.

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Why are questions so important? (Questioning skills)

Red Star Kim

We ask questions to avoid making wrong assumptions or adopting the wrong focus. will make people pause to consider how their feelings compare with those they had the previous day. See the section below on negotiation. Some negotiators suggest you avoid using “ Why” questions as it can imply criticism.

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The Top Sales Trends of 2018

Hubspot Sales

What are the sales trends of 2018? 2018 is just around the corner. To find out what’s coming, I asked sales leaders, experts, and reps to predict the top sales trends of 2018. The hardest thing to do when prospecting for new business is to stand out in a sea of salespeople who are constantly calling and emailing decision makers.

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Achieve more engagement and buy-in: Relationships, Plan, Expectations, Benefits, Persuasion and Training

Red Star Kim

This is challenging as everyone is time poor and most communications are digital. And we know that face-to-face communication is most effective in building relationships. Building empathy with fee-earners helps us to understand what they expect and any assumptions they may be making about the likely results.

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

Red Star Kim

However, top-down analysis and decision-making ensures that the various units are working towards the firm’s goals (a “one-firm approach”) and making tough choices between competing interests. In practice, there is usually an iterative process where top-down and bottom-up strategies are negotiated and aligned.

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Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

Red Star Kim

A New Approach to Writing Job Descriptions (hbr.org)) Then it was over to the delegates – split into two teams to consider what current and future competencies they felt were important.

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Why Your Organisation Needs A Customer Crisis Plan

Jermaine Edwards

According to Deloitte Global’s 2018 crisis management survey, “ Stronger, Fitter, Better: Crisis Management for the Resilient Enterprise ,” nearly 60% of respondents believe that organisations face more crises today than they did ten years ago, yet many may overestimate their capabilities to respond. Two – VUCA Decision Making.