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Forum news
10 Jun 2021
Forum salutes Award winners
Eight firms shared the honours at the Forum's 19th annual Management Excellence Awards, held on the Remo platform. Commented one firm: "It was great to attend a genuinely live awards with interaction. Thanks for hosting such an enjoyable event."
Read more23 Apr 2021
Training courses least effective during lockdown
Taking part in training courses was seen as the least effective element in personal development during lockdown by 73% of respondents according to a poll on the 'Re-tuning your Firm' weekly show. This compared with just 33% pre-Covid.
Download poll findings19 Apr 2021
24/7 specialist Networking Clubs launched
Insight, innovation and action result from human interactions inspired by ideas. Each of the Forum's new free 24/7 Clubs provides: conversations with unlimited video on private virtual tables, and regular social events (Remo); discussion board, opt-in member directory, and videos of past roundtables (HighQ).
Read more16 Apr 2021
Firms struggling to foster creativity
Despite 'Fostering creativity' being seen as the fifth most important management activity by firm leaders, it is the one with the lowest level of personal effectiveness during lockdown, according to a poll on the 'Re-tuning your Firm' weekly show.
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Managing Partners' Forum Awards 2021
Winners have been announced.
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Re-tuning your Firm , Summits
Re-tuning your Leadership
Leadership session of the 'Re-tuning your Firm' Summit 2021. Panel: Michael Chissick; Neil Farmer; and Darshita Gillies. Moderated by Francesca Lagerberg.
Date recorded: 22 June 2021
North America
Challenges of implementing succession during a pandemic
The panel for the third session of the Forum's North America group consisted of Harry Blum of RSM; Manuelle Charbonneau of Charbonneau Leadership Consulting; Andy Corea of Murtha Cullina; and Sandro Iannicca of SI Consulting. The webinar was moderated by Patrick McKenna and hosted by Larry Stroud.
Date recorded: 27 April 2021
Summits
Fast-track Innovation™ - session 2
Fast-track Innovation™ - Session 2 - Where and how best to deploy design sprints (Ian Jeffery, Becky Shields, Rosemary Nunn, Marcus Dimbleby and Nigel Spencer)
Date recorded: 17 March 2021
Awards
Best solutions for clients - Awards 2021
Mark Grayson, COO at BCLP Cubed, on the winning submission for the Best Solutions for Clients category at the 2021 Awards. More
Date recorded: 10 June 2021
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Impact of lockdown
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Fay Gillott Ex-Chief Executive, Atkin Chambers