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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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Be more strategic – A metaphor: Analyse, join and align the dots

Red Star Kim

At the start of March, there was an online PM Forum workshop on “Being more strategic ”. Delegates were from legal and accountancy firms with roles as varied as marketing, digital marketing, business development, PR and key accounts (executives, managers and a director). Find time to conduct analysis and think Block regular time (e.g.

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

Red Star Kim

Diversity and inclusion (communicating for D&I) is covered well here Book review: Digital Body Language – How to build trust by Erica Dhawan (kimtasso.com) ). Seven sought-after soft skills – AI’s response For fun, I asked ChatGPT “What are the most sought-after soft skills in 2023 for senior professionals?”.

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Be more strategic – PESTLE, Positioning and Plans

Red Star Kim

Digital transformation. Preference for digital/virtual meetings. The Economist – The year in 2023 (subscription required The World Ahead 2023 | The Economist ) is a good starting point for any PESTLE analysis. 62% of their superforecasters suggest global growth in 2023 (as measured by IMF) will be between 1.5%

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Beyond the Horizon: GenAI and Ethical Leadership

MDI Training

With your background in both digital well – being research and teaching businesses the skills they need to succeed, could you share some insights on how GenAI can be harnessed to boost both organizational productivity and employee well – being simultaneously? In finance, GenAI could improve risk assessment and fraud detection.

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Leadership Between Connectedness and AI – A Conversation with Hamza Khan

MDI Training

Leadership in the AI Era ,” Leadership Horizon 2023 keynote speaker Hamza Khan agreed to an interview with us. To bring AI into your daily work routine, pick tasks that could use digital help. Leadership in the AI Era," Leadership Horizon 2023 keynote speaker Hamza Khan agreed to an interview with us.

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Strategy case studies and more matrices

Red Star Kim

Renewing business strategy – Case study at Fox Williams Jane Biddell shared the strategy review journey for Fox William (law firm) in PM magazine in Jan/Feb 2023. Dates for future strategy sessions at PM Forum. They used the eight step process of John Kotter in his book “Leading Change”.