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The Sinking of the Titanic 
Does anyone really still believe the captain should go down with the ship? Must someone always be to blame and should that be the person in charge?   As a senior manager I always signed up...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  16 déc. 2022
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No smoke without fire
A few years ago I read an article in the professional press which gave an account of a training programme in support of recruiting more women into the fire and rescue service , not as office staff...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  15 déc. 2022
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A Coach...in training (Post 2)
Link to latest post: A Coach...in training - Post 2 Hi everyone, I've created a blog site to host posts going forward so will add a link here to any new posts as/when...
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Melanie Crunkhorn
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 déc. 2022
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Profile of a Director 
My pay last year was £3.7 million. My last holiday was in the Maldives and antique hunting in France. For relaxation I go to my beach house. I started in retail with a Saturday job in an arts and...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  13 déc. 2022
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Some of my favourite things
My favourite Christmas film is ,” It’s a Wonderful life”. Because it’s about making a difference to other people’s lives often in small ways that can have a much bigger impact than you would ever...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 déc. 2022
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What do I dislike most in other people? Negativity. 
Paul noticed office morale seemed low, staff seemed unhappy and discontent. He was aware of the usual moans and groans about workloads and management but wondered if there was any particular issue...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  08 déc. 2022
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To those who are not racist
Racist behaviour is not limited to those who judge people by the colour of their skin, who think ethnic minorities are inferior or who preach hate. The majority of racist behaviour is committed by...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  01 déc. 2022
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Your ever so humble public servant 
I once worked for a boss who was fond of telling people he felt privileged to be a Director of social services. Echoing that same ever so humble sentiment. Had the term been prevalent at the...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  29 nov. 2022
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Des Res
I am interested in how cabinet members describe their Local Authority and what better place to look than their recruitment adverts for senior posts.  I thought it might fun to characterise the...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  17 nov. 2022
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A brief history of Time Travel 
A time machine has been invented and then uninvented many times. Creating a time machine has not proved that difficult in the past/future. The problem occurs when you use it, people seem totally...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 nov. 2022
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Number One’s 
I have a long standing suspicion of numbers when they are used to prove something. I think it started with Led Zeppelin. They were a rock group who refused to sell out by releasing a single when...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 nov. 2022
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MACRO L
This is useful for billing multiple clients, or just checking work for time sheets. I produced  this primarily to discuss with colleagues the complexity to complete individual work stream...
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James Martin
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Dernière mise à jour:  17 janv. 2023
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Only senior managers wear suits 
The new senator for Pennsylvania doesn’t wear a suit to work. For public appearances he prefers what those in the US call, “work wear” usually a hoodie. He captured the white collar vote and his...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  12 nov. 2022
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Grow your own 
Recruitment and retention for management and executive posts has become a big issue of late. In response organisations are reviewing their approach to Succession planning. The traditional focus on...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 nov. 2023
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When to stick and when to twist 
“He would say something to you on a Monday, contradict himself on a Friday and you would believe both.” Martin O’Neil on Brian Clough . Management is full of contradictions. A great...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 nov. 2022
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The wit and wisdom of a manager 
Some people like to quote Winston Churchill me I find the sayings of Brian Clough more relevant to management.    He was opinionated - we talk about it for twenty minutes and then...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  10 nov. 2022
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The New Augmented Workforce
A couple of years ago I visited the BMW-MINI Production Plant, at Cowley, Oxford. This was arranged as part of our theme on ‘innovation’ for Warwick Business School’s Innovation network. The...
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Stephen Dale
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Dernière mise à jour:  07 nov. 2022
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Bad Organisations
I like working for my boss. I like the people I work with. I like the work I do. I don’t like the organisation I work for. It use to be said that people leave managers not organisations. Recently...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  02 nov. 2022
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Confidence 
“ Confidence is distributed in a very ramdom way. Some people have stunning amounts of confidence and no talent and other people have stunning amounts of talent and no confidence. But...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  29 juin 2025
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Lessons from the mess at the Met 
It’s always easier to see where someone else is going wrong. With of course the underlying confidence that we would never let things get to that state of affairs.  The description of a senior...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  06 août 2026
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Head Hunters tips 2 
An extensive, well presented and interesting CV wont be enough to get you an interview in the Public Sector. It’s an application form and the important section is Supporting Information. You need...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 avr. 2025
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Some people are a lot better at the job than at being interviewed. 
It’s not unheard of for the best person not to get the job because their performance at interview let them down. By best person I mean someone who meets all the criteria has bags of experience and...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  28 juil. 2024
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The clue is in the Chinese proverb
It starts off as a possible missing person enquiry. Then as is often the case suspicion falls on the partner. Is this a murder investigation? The husband is asked to recount the events leading...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  16 sept. 2022
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The gate at the bottom of our yard.
When I was very young, pre school,  I had a best friend who lived across the narrow alleyway behind our house. Every day at some point but usually after breakfast and lunch I would ask my mum...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 sept. 2022
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From Rotherham with Love 
 Did you ever fantasise about being a spook. Working for the service. If you did I bet you didn’t think it would be like working for the LA! You would have to sign the Official Secrets Act but...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  09 sept. 2022
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Knowledge Hub upgrade and redesign
After months of hard work, we’re thrilled to announce that the newly upgraded and refreshed Knowledge Hub is due to go live soon.  On the morning of Monday 19 September 2022, the updated...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Dernière mise à jour:  06 sept. 2022
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A new meaning to hitting the target
 You may have already come across this but for the half of the population not familiar with male public  toilets there are urinals with a difference in some locations. These urinals...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  06 sept. 2022
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Cost of living crisis 
There are reports of employers giving their staff hardship grants, low cost meals and vouchers to buy their children’s school uniforms. Others have set up food banks, provided salary advances,...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  02 sept. 2022
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The obsessive manager
The head hunter is singing the praises of an individual they think is an ideal candidate for the Chief Executive vacancy. There is of course an impressive track record  but it’s the personality...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  29 août 2022
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Community Safety Charter
The Community Safety Charter is a means by which Neighbourhood Watch members, local residents, businesses, and organisations, agree to do whatever they can together to provide an environment...
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Maggie Lewis
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Dernière mise à jour:  29 août 2022
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The boy and his dog 
  In a post apocalyptic world a boy and a dog wander the wasteland scavenging. The boy/teenager in the absence of parents or any adult is uneducated and governed only by basic instincts,...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  15 août 2022
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Head Hunters tips 
Your application form gets you the interview your interview gets you the job.    The difference between a CV and an application form is that the application form is written specifically for the...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 août 2022
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Big personality Big ideas 
 This larger than life person is interesting therefore what they have to say is interesting. Whilst this doesn’t follow people frequently behave as if it did.  “ People don’t believe in...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  08 août 2022
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Is being ambitious still a good thing? 
I set my self a target to be a Director by the time I was 50. According to research by the Family and Work Institute in the US most people stop jostling for promotion at 35 coinciding with...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  07 août 2022
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Powered by People 
The corporate slogan prominently displayed on the recruitment advert was Powered by People. So what does this bring to mind, a treadmill or the John Lennon song Power to the People ? Do you...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  02 août 2022
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Seek out the reluctant candidate 
Seek out the reluctant candidate who needs to be cajoled into accepting the position because they are not driven by naked ambition, they are not over confident, they will not see dissent as...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  26 juil. 2022
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My Story
 A good story gets you an interview, expanding convincingly on that story gets you the post.  I didn’t always want to be a manager let alone a senior manager. In fact when I started out I...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 juil. 2022
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Top Gun and the Maverick Manager
  Thundering rock music,  super sonic jet fighters and a central character who is a rebel with a need for speed, Top Gun gives a lot of bangs for your bucks. But why are senior management...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  21 juil. 2022
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 Diversity - The Phoney Version -looks different but isn’t 
The image is of someone frantically bailing out a leaky boat whilst water continues to pore in through the holes in its hull. There is a lot of effort but it doesn’t  make much difference. This...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 juil. 2022
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Learn  how to lose 
It’s Wimbledon so the sports pages have an interview with John McEnroe. He who was as famous for his on court tantrums as his skills with a racket. He was a serial winner who said he had to...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 juil. 2022
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