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

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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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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. What is the informal decision-making process? The need for more fluidity.

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

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How can I make the time to be proactive? We discussed a variety of ways to free up time so that you can shift towards being more proactive, including: Time management – Deploy techniques to manage our time effectively – especially blocking regular time out to think. Plan my career as I plan a marketing project to make it happen.

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How to identify which of your sales reps would be effective managers

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Current sales reps can make great candidates for open positions within the company. They’re already familiar with company values and processes, making them better-suited for leadership positions and mentoring others. Great sales reps are often: Quick, intuitive decision-makers Process-oriented Competitive Individual problem-solvers.