Birmingham Future Mentor Programme Resources

Who sets your personal strategy - you or your inbox?
This article accompanies the presentation of the same title that I gave to Birmingham Future on 4th June 2008. A look at career strategy in an unpredictable world, with clear suggestions for action.
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Real Leadership Development: Less about 'charisma', more about learnable behaviours
Organisations need to work with and through humans, not supermen (article to accompany my presentation to the Birmingham Future Mentoring Programme 26th March 2008).
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Ten Top Tips for Presentations
"I had an impromptu speech to make and your hints came in very handy indeed!" - Anthony McCourt of Wragge & Co, talking about receiving the award for Birmingham Young Professional of the Year, 2008.
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Further articles you may find of interest

Don't Just Present - Call to Action!
It matters less what they think about your presentation than what they do as a result of hearing it...
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Strategise First, then Plan
Although it is often attempted, trying to merge planning with strategic thinking can lead to disappointing results. Why?
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Articles on building a sales culture published in Managing Partner Magazine
While they have been traditionally coy about the idea of selling, many professional service firms now recognise that modern sales and sales management is an idea whose time has come. 
Read Article 1: Boosting the Top Line
Read Article 2: Road Map to a Sales Culture

Articles on business relationship development published in Legal Week
A professional service firm has three key intangible assets: its technical excellence, its brand, and its relationships.  Of these, the third has to be built one person at a time, and professional education does little to prepare a firm's people for this commercial reality 
Read Article 1: Keeping in Touch
Read Article 2: The Competitive Edge

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