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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Digital environment – Where people buy people, the challenge of forging strong personal relationships becomes more acute when most communications are managed through digital channels. This has changed the sales process fundamentally in many environments.

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

Red Star Kim

Learning is critical for both retaining people and preparing for the future A new (free to members) Skills Development Platform includes significant content, a learning management system, gamification (e.g. The system will be unveiled at a launch webinar on 1st November. 100 people have already signed up.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

The PM Forum’s Skills Development Platform is another free resource Skills Development – PM Forum Changing role of MBD in professional services Coaching and consulting skills are needed increasingly as the role of professional services marketing and business development changes.

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Customer service definition, skills, and important principles for 2021

Zendesk

What started as a global health crisis became the accelerant in our transition to a truly digital-first world. Technical skills are important, but soft skills matter, too. Here are the top customer service skills your customer service representatives need: Language and tone. Interpersonal skills.

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Bridging today’s skill gaps to respond to tomorrow’s change

Mercuri International

“In three years, 54% of company employees will need significant retraining of their skills“. That’s what emerged from the World Economic Forum 2020 1. A significant truth that reveals how skill gaps are a factor not to be underestimated. Sales and skill gaps. 1 World Economic Forum (2020). References.

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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. New soft skills for remote working. The shift to remote working during lockdown drove the need to develop several new soft skills. Whether digitally or in person. Digital body language.

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Book review: Sales Mind – 48 tools to help you sell by Helen Kensett

Red Star Kim

I also wrote a blog post about one of Helen’s digital products here: System review: CogniClick for instant, personalised research (kimtasso.com) ) Further details of the author: Helen Kensett | LinkedIn Overview This simply but powerfully illustrated little black book comprises 260 pages. My books are listed here Publications by Kim Tasso.