asb law
Profile
asb law’s clearly defined strategy provides the focus and drive of a firm determined to be recognised as one of the leading providers of legal services in the south east, harnessing the loyalty of its clients and staff to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. The firm places great importance on fostering an environment that attracts and retains the skills and talent to support its ambitious growth plans across Sussex, Kent and Surrey.
(Source: The Legal 500, 2008 Edition)
Context
In a world looking increasingly bleak and in particular working in a sector which has been on the ropes since late 2007, it was extremely useful to get everyone focusing on where new opportunities may lie and the practical steps they need to take to access those opportunities.
Project
Facilitate a team away day.
Deliverables
Giving the lawyers some focus to target new sectors in a more dynamic way.
Methodology
Sector appraisals and business development activities.
Results
Decided and agreed on a list of 3 to 4 new sub sectors with clear accountabilities for each attendee.
What our clients say about us
In a world looking increasingly bleak and in particular working in a sector which has been on the ropes since late 2007, it was extremely useful to get everyone focusing on where new opportunities may lie and the practical steps they need to take to access those opportunities. The sector appraisal exercise certainly stimulated some lively debate. It got the team thinking about which organisations or businesses may be in the market for property based legal services, how we could access those organisations and how we might define our service to give us a real competitive advantage.
Jonathan Cavell, Partner, asb law, Law Firm
Bernard is a highly enthusiastic and motivational business development coach. Having worked with 6 of asb's partners over a 6 month period to February 2009 there is an increased appetite by those partners for hunting down in a focused and structured manner business opportunities.
Rebecca Thornley-Gibson, Partner, asb law, Law Firm
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