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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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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.

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

Red Star Kim

These are not aligned to professional services marketing. They focus on marketing rather than business development.

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

Red Star Kim

Following my past research (some of which was published in my 2020 book Essential soft skills for lawyers (kimtasso.com) ) I keep an eye out for the latest information relating to the soft skills (particularly leadership skills) most in demand and how these relate to the professional services sector.

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THE 10-K FILING: THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT SAMS NEVER READ

Strategic Account Management Association

The first communicates what a company wants to communicate, the second communicates what the company must communicate. Take a look at Ford Motor Company’s Proxy Statement for 2020 below. 5 The difference between the annual report and the 10-K? Take a look at these two images. What do you see?

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

Red Star Kim

Minimise meetings – Find alternative ways to communicate and/or ensure meetings are kept short by producing papers in advance and showing what decisions are required in meetings. Help cross-pollinate ideas between teams with internal communication. Communicate aims and outcomes. spray and pray” communications).

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