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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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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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Join the 2020 Sales Performance Study

Miller Heiman Group

Take the 2020 Sales Performance Survey. By participating in our latest research study, the 2020 Sales Performance Study , sales professionals can help CSO Insights, now part of Korn Ferry, find out the answers to these questions and more. The 2020 Sales Performance Study survey is now open—all we need is 15 minutes of your time.

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Participate in the 2020 Sales Performance Study

Miller Heiman Group

Take the 2020 Sales Performance Survey. By participating in our latest research study, the 2020 Sales Performance Study , sales professionals can help CSO Insights, now part of Korn Ferry, find out the answers to these questions and more. The 2020 Sales Performance Study survey is now open—all we need is 15 minutes of your time.

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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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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. 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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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.