Managing Partners’ Forum
Formed in 1995, The Managing Partners’ Forum is an influential UK-based professional body that supports the growth, productivity, and prosperity of professional services, with a focus on the mid-market.
Mentoring
Peer groups
Formal training
Events
Re-tuning your firm
The Managing Partners’ Forum brings together leaders at professional services firms to share ideas on strategic leadership and management excellence, guided by a prestigious Advisory Board.
Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times are knowledge partners.
The Managing Partners’ Forum also organises campaigns and provides an independent voice and direct access
to policymakers. Founder and Chief Executive, Richard Chaplin, served as a member of the UK Government’s Professional & Business Services Council for six years.
Mentoring
– Serve as Mentor or Mentee on the Mentor Match programme
Peer groups
Same 7/8 members meeting every six weeks with a qualified moderator.
Separate groups for firmwide leaders, COOs, HR leaders and CMOs
Formal training
Innovative Leadership Development Programme, focused on building
consensus through collaboration
Roundtables
Three specialist groups (Finance & Operations; Strategy & Marketing;
People, Performance & Culture) holding regular in-person and online sessions
Management Team Together
Quarterly in-person meetings for all members
Summits
Half-day events held twice annually with cutting-edge themes
Social media
Regular posts to the 2,000+ followers on LinkedIn
Sector trends tracker
Completed quarterly by a research panel of 100 firms
Re-tuning your firm
Online show on alternative Fridays, hosted by Richard Chaplin
Management Excellence Awards
Prestigious awards have run for 22 years, presented at an online ceremony with high profile sponsors
Online content
News, committee members, videos, survey findings etc on website
Managing Partners’ Forum groups
Our specialist groups have held well-attended roundtables, and the Management Team Together in-person quarterly sessions were revived in Autumn 2022 after a 30-month break due to the pandemic. Our hard-working chairs, directors and committee members ensure that Forum programming is aligned with the requirements of our members. Reports and videos from previous meetings are available as a resource for members.
Management Team Together Group
Given the interdependency of management functions in tackling the big issues, this group brings together all ‘C-suite’ disciplines to encourage dialogue and different perspectives.
Finance & Operations group
The Forum’s Finance & Operations Group provides a formal network of respected leaders who manage and advise on financial and operational matters.
People, Performance, & Culture Group
The Group provides a formal network to examine the impact of the very real changes that are redefining every aspect of work, and concepts that engender best practice.
Strategy & Marketing Group
The Group provides a formal network for those with responsibility for marketing and business development and tasked to implement their firm’s strategy.
Re-tuning your firm
Each ‘Re-tuning your Firm’ 30 minute show at 9am on alternate Fridays involves two guests giving a five minute presentation on an aspect of management, leadership and public policy, followed by a panel session with co-hosts Richard Chaplin and Francesca Lagerberg, Global CEO of Baker Tilly International.
Individual presentations on either show can be searched for and watched below. They are also available on YouTube on the Re-tuning playlist.
Over 900 senior people from 400+ firms in 18 countries have registered since March 2020. This is what they are saying:
“Absolutely excellent.“
“Thank you again for a great initiative. I keep thinking that they can’t get any better, and each week you prove me wrong! A real highlight of the pandemic.“
“Your Friday webinar stands out amidst a flood of invitations as the absolute must-see.“
“The excellent discussions have become compulsive viewing.“
Events and reports
Push, Pull or Plead – The Psychology of change in a partnership
The familiar Peter Senge’s quote that “People don’t resist change; they resist being changed” is never so true as in professional service partnerships. Change, as we know, though, is the only real constant in life. So, what do we need to know or be mindful of in...
Exploiting opportunities in tough times
The predicted economic recession may have been averted (until the next revision of the data by ONS...), but growth remains elusive. Business investment has fallen dramatically due to the toxic mix of Brexit, political uncertainty, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
How do firms balance cost control with the need to invest to support growth?
As leaders of Professional Services firms, we recognise that there are a number of cost challenges driven largely by the current macroeconomic and geopolitical environment. Whether that be wage inflation, higher energy costs, rising PI premiums or looming pressures...
Leadership development programme
Eligibility
- Leadership/ senior management role at a professional services firm
- With two paid-up members, others can be proposed at no extra cost
- Leading suppliers to the sector
can apply (only a few are accepted!)
Membership
Anchor membership
- Joining Fee: £200 + VAT
- Anchor members are the key link from the firm to the Forum. Individual membership enhances ability to survive and thrive in a fast evolving and uncertain business landscape.
team Membership
Joining Fee: £200
Team membership facilitates strategic collaboration between peers, often with distinct mindsets.
There is no limit to the number of firmwide/divisional leaders or senior members of the management team that Anchor members can propose for Forum membership, provided all are from the same firm and based in the same country as the Anchor.
Peer group Supplement
Peer Groups share common issues with the same small group, assisted by an expert moderator.
The membership year commences on 1 July. Dues for those joining during the year reduce by a fixed amount for each elapsed month (£100 for Anchor memberships; £100 for Team memberships; £200 for Peer Group memberships). All rates are exclusive of VAT at 20%.
Testimonials
Contact Us
For further information, please contact Claire Mitchell, Head of Memberships, at claire.mitchell@pmint.co.uk or +44 (0)20 7786 9786