There are few initiatives that can effectively demonstrate a measurable improvement in performance of a team or the firm overall as efficiently as developing fee earners financial and commercial acumen. When Learning & Development can actually target a specific team and provide a demonstrable improvement in lock up, fees, debtors and cash flow – the […]
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What is your favourite strategy and leadership book?
Will the upcoming holiday season provide you with the rare opportunity to catch up on some reading ? Our experience in working with senior teams in professional service firms has shown us that this time of year is often when leaders take time out to reflect and think about the execution of their strategy and […]
How to develop client facing professionals into trusted advisers
In this fast paced and ever changing world, our accounting firms are telling us that feedback from their clients is that they feel in need of more support and advice than ever before. This surely creates a huge opportunity for professional advisers – if only the adviser was in touch at the right moment, able […]
What keeps Managing Partners awake at night?
The cover of the latest Harvard Business Review was emblazoned with the statement ‘What really keeps CEOs awake at night’ in a bright and shocking pink. The issue was dominated by the HBR’s list of the top 100 best-performing CEOs in the world and an interview with a selection of these top business leaders […]
ICAEW come calling for Paul
theGrogroup Managing Director, Paul Richmond has been invited along with many other influential figures in the professional services world to be a guest speaker at the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales) Practice 2016 Conference. Held in London on the 17th & 18th November 2016, the ICAEW will host its conference […]
How to ensure training improves your bottom line
I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review (October 2016 edition) titled ‘Why leadership training fails – and what to do about it’. The inference was that training fails to improve the bottom line, so naturally I was quite interested and was ready to defend my profession should I not agree with the […]
How to combat the fear of presentation skills
An aspect of their role that many lawyers and accountants often dread is having to do a formal presentation – sometimes even if is only to a small group of people. It’s probably no surprise that when we are appointed as the learning and development partner to professional services firms, delivering a presentation skills workshop […]
New PM Forum Regional Director
Kate Hennig, Director of Nottingham based learning and development company theGrogroup Ltd has been appointed as Regional Director of the PM Forum’s East Midlands Committee. The PM Forum is an international membership organisation for marketers working in professional services firms. In the East Midlands, the committee organises a variety of meetings and events on […]
Alex Shacklock appointed to Harvard Business Review Council
Life for Alex Shacklock, one of our directors, is about to get a whole lot more interesting following his appointment to become a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals. As a member of the HBR Advisory Council Shacklock will help Harvard Business Review improve the […]