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Managing Partners’ Forum – Highlights from the Advisory Board Meeting September 2023

Red Star Kim

The Managing Partners’ Forum (mpfglobal.com) holds quarterly meetings of its Advisory Board where senior leaders discuss issues pertinent to the professional services sector. This confirms the vital contribution of the professional services sector at a time when growth in the UK overall is flat-lining.

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Nervousness – Shyness, modesty, lack of confidence and fear of failure can make fee-earners reluctant to organise meetings to take the next steps in building a potential client relationship. Sales skills There are numerous inventories of what selling skills and qualities are needed.

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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

Four themes in the art of selling – Integrating marketing and sales (kimtasso.com) A creative exercise on engagement generated some interesting metaphors – for example, a brick wall suggesting a lack of communication, a carrot considering motivation and a Leonardo di Caprio shrug suggesting indifference.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

It’s worth touching on some related skills : Facilitating Essentially, facilitation is about making communication, interaction, collaboration or learning easier. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills. 77% Good 15% OK 8% Poor Which consulting skill do you most need to develop?

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Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective

Red Star Kim

This article “Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective” has just been published on Lexology. I observed that in the brave new digital world where silence felt uncomfortably like a technology glitch, it was as if our listening skills evaporated.

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Customer service definition, skills, and important principles for 2021

Zendesk

Good customer service means meeting customers’ expectations. And meeting customers’ expectations pays off: 75% of customers are willing to spend more with companies that give them a good customer experience, according to our 2021 Trends Report. Technical skills are important, but soft skills matter, too.

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Building a Career in Consulting — The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Claire’s approach shows that a consultant’s core skills include analytical and problem-solving abilities, research and data gathering, communication and presentation skills, and interpersonal skills to relate with clients. What matters is having a profile that meets the overall requirements.