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The Wind Beneath My Wings
Whether or not we were flying higher than an Eagle is up for debate (the BTO probably have facts and figures on these things), but the wind was definitely beneath the wings of Desmond, the...
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Tom Hunt
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
11 Medi 2019
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Are you a manager or a player ?
“Manager “ in this case does not refer to the responsibility for big budgets or large staff groups but the way the individual just about gets by -manages- despite the difficulties. As opposed...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
10 Medi 2019
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Discovering the meaning of 'value'.
There has been much written about measuring the value of online communities such as Social Networks or Communities of Practice. However, most pundits tend to think of measuring value from a...
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Stephen Dale
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
09 Medi 2019
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The Nemesis
Healthy completion is one thing but there is nothing healthy about a work place nemesis. Some one who seems to be able to push your buttons with what may appear to the others present the most...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Medi 2019
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Too Good To Slip Into Special Measures
A critical audit report. A new chief executive. A confidential management consultant’s report. All three coming to the same conclusion. Those running the organisation and many who work within...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
03 Medi 2019
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Here today but not to stay
Management is about the management of change unless you are an interim manager in which case it is about stability. That is restoring confidence, repairing public image , reassuring members and...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
27 Awst 2019
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In the not to distant future
A few Years from now, when the high street is a wasteland and Local Authorities no longer exist and the once grand municipal buildings that housed them are fast food outlets half -buried in...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
19 Awst 2019
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Tackling Loneliness
The government's Loneliness Strategy was published in October 2018. It set out a wide variety of cross-departmental measures that the government would take to...
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Philippa Lynch
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
19 Awst 2019
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Is it ever acceptable to swear in an interview?
I was being interviewed for a directors post and I was asked about working with colleagues in Health. Having discussed points of conflict like delayed hospital discharges due to budget...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
12 Awst 2019
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Organisations get the Management they deserve
In the 80’s trade unions were strong and managers complained about not being allowed to manage. The response was organisations get the trade union they deserve. Meaning if you treat staff...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
11 Awst 2019
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The invisible Sword of Damocles
The feeling of ever present peril is one familiar to directors of social services. A former boss once confided in me that when ever he read about an abuse scandal he thought about a youth unit...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
08 Awst 2019
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Boss Quits Abruptly
The leader has a reputation for moving quickly and plain speaking. In the surprise ousting of the chief executive who has only been in the job 18 months , he has lived up to the speed part....
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
06 Awst 2019
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ALERC Website
A long, long time ago, in a meeting room far away, someone decided that the ALERC website needed at least a face lift. The website has already gone through several iterations over the years...
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Tom Hunt
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
06 Awst 2019
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Loyalty, ambition, betrayal, vomit and sudden violent death
I have always (nearly always) been loyal but sometimes my dissent was taken as disloyalty. I have always been ambitious but didn’t realise just how ambitious till I repeatedly put myself...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
13 Medi 2019
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Diversity isn’t a good thing
It turns out that diversity isn’t a good thing if everyone is different but the same. The gender balance and racial mix (and cross section of sexuality) may shout diversity but if every single...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
08 Awst 2019
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Are we kidding our selves
We know it doesn’t make a difference but we do it any way. Why , because it reassures us , makes us think we have more control over the way things turn out. The effort involved convinces us we...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
03 Awst 2019
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The glass Ceiling and the Cliff Edge
You have heard of the glass ceiling but are you aware of the cliff edge ? The glass ceiling is that invisible barrier to promotion. The expression was originally coined to explain why women...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
08 Awst 2019
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The Culture of Optimism
The culture of optimism won’t get us out of austerity. The restructuring didn’t make services better or more efficient, the cuts did have a very negative impact, things are worse much ...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
23 Gorff 2019
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A team of Super Heroes
“ What we need is a team of heroic chief executives willing to step up and move outside of the comfort zone and take personal risks. .....We are trying to creat tipping points....The...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
05 Awst 2019
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Be Lucky
We down play the role of luck in achieving success. Parents teach their children that if you try hard enough almost anything is possible. This is a lie. But understandable since unless you...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
22 Gorff 2019
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Using Knowledge Hub to host our first electronic exam
Our interview with Louise Budge, Registration Training Manager at the National Records of Scotland, reveals how they use groups to help disseminate information, manage contact, and standardise...
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KHUB Focus
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
18 Gorff 2019
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Institutional Harassment
There are managers who are bullies and then there is systematic institutional harassment. In the latter HR rather than protect employees against bulling and harassment advises senior management...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
15 Gorff 2019
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Decent and Accessible Homes for Older People
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People have published their report on Decent and Accessible Homes for Older People on 4 July 2019. The report follows an in-depth...
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Philippa Lynch
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
12 Gorff 2019
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How much experience do you need?
Would you appoint some one to a high profile senior management post with only one years experience of management? Would you expect a minimum of three years, more than five years or at least...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
15 Medi 2019
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How do you recognise a good employer?
About a year ago my son started a new job and it’s gone really well. My nephew was recently looking for a new job and I told him there were vacancies where my son works. I explained that I...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
18 Gorff 2019
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Your work nemesis
According to a survey carried out by the recruitment firm Totaljobs 20% of people have experienced an enemy at work to such an extent that they have called in sick because they couldn’t face...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
04 Gorff 2019
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Austerity the new normal
It must have been 10 no 12 years ago. My boss, the Director of social services returned from a budget meeting with the chief executive. We were expecting bad news, more budget cuts to plan...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
25 Meh 2019
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Naivety and Idealism
I was told about a lecturer on the social work course who had taken a year off to gain a social work qualification but mostly to get a reality check. He deliberately choice to do a...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
21 Meh 2019
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Managers who support rather than challenge
We all want managers who are supportive. A little bit of praise goes along way whereas constant critics undermines confidence and can be demotivating. All to often we hear of managers who...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
17 Meh 2019
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What if recruitment adverts were honest and truthful
Recruitment adverts for senior posts are about spin, showing the organisation in the best possible light, portraying the LA the way the members would like to be seen . Which is a shame...
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Blair McPherson
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Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf:
10 Meh 2019
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