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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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Dernière mise à jour:  17 juin 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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Dernière mise à jour:  10 juin 2019
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Black Horses
I don’ know what makes an effective advert. Presumably it must stick, if not in the conscience then in the subconscious. You would think it important that it is clear what product is being...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  06 juin 2019
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Tips for winners
As well as saying thank you could give a small tip. I’m not talking about in the restaurant, hairdressers or taxi, the places most of us give a tip. I’m talking about in the office. This new...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  31 mai 2019
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Do no Evil
  Didn’t that use to be the motto of Google? I think we would want something more positive in local government. But it does capture the idea that we need to have values and...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  30 mai 2019
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Can a manager stick to their principles and still be successful?
Marcela Bielsa has a reputation as a non conformist manager some one who goes against the trend and makes the rest of us question are definition of success . Some one who has a very clear...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  18 juil. 2020
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Secondment opportunity at NHS Digital
The Adult Social Care Statistics team at NHS Digital are currently seeking to recruit a number of secondees from local authorities. The aim is to draw on their experience of working with a...
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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour:  16 mai 2019
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How to be moderately successful 
      Follow the rules Rules are made to be followed in a meek manner. You know this to be true just as you know those “ how to get to the top” books aren’t to be taken literally. After all...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  12 mai 2019
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1. President's introduction
It is a  great pleasure and an honour to present this first Newsletter during my Presidency.  It is our ambition to inform members of our National Associations about the activities of our...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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2. UDITE - A new captain and crew on the ship
In Sliema, Malta, the Biannual Conference and the Governing Council was attended by delegates from the different members associations. It was organised with the support of Primo Europe.  ...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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3. New President Paul Gatt meets representatives of EU Institutions
On 30th March , UDITE President Paul Gatt made a study visit to Brussels to meet several institutions and partners. Paul was accompanied by Ronny Frederickx (Executive Director), Jack Kruf ...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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4. Roles, competences and responsabilities of local chief executives in Europe.
In 2016 a comparative study was published called ‘Statuts, compétences et responsabilités des dirigeants territoriaux en Europe’ – Roles, competences and responsibilities of local ...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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5. CEMR paper on "Future of Public Services in Europe"
Recently, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions published a new position paper : ‘Strong public services through Local Government’. Knowing that waste collection, public transport,...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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6. UDITE - VEOLIA secures exhibition space at Europe's premier environment conference
EU Green Week 2019, the final initiative of Maltese European environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella will take place in Brussels at the Bluepoint Conference Center, 80 Boulevard A. Reyers this...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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7. UDITE to be represented at European Week of Regions and Cities 2019
The European Week will be organised in Brussels 7 – 10 October. It is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcases their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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8.  "Public services and citizens" SNDGCT annual conference 2019
Following the success of previous years, the next edition of our Territorialis® Professional Conference will continue their modernization. Dedicated to all territorial senior executives, they ...
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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 mai 2019
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Being a bit of a comedian 
I like a number of my colleagues  had applied for the post of area manager. We were all siting in this room waiting for our individual interviews. Maybe it was nerves but this one guy kept...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  15 juin 2019
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Don’t waste my Time 
If you can’t manage yourself how are you going to manage others? But it’s not as easy as it sounds.   There are generally three strands to a management development programme, managing change,...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  02 mai 2019
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Probably not the best
A new era of honesty and self awareness has been ushered in by the revised Carlsberg advertising slogan.  Where the private sector leads will the public sector follow?    Most people know the...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  30 avr. 2019
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Am I talking to a real person?
In the film Blade Runner you could not tell who was human and who was AI by looking at them. Those who hunted down rouge androids had to devise a series of questions to expose one who was...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  02 mai 2019
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What do dragons eat?
  So John Snow is prepared to give up his position as King of the North in order to form an alliance which he believes is their best chance of survival. But those loyal followers who crowned...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  16 avr. 2019
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Line of Duty
In every organisation there are those who cross the line. Whether it is fiddling their expenses, accessing porn on their work computer, “ inflating ” their performance figures or influencing...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  15 avr. 2019
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Artificial Intelligence signals the arrival of Big Brother
The ability to harvest large quantities of date gives bosses the means to monitor in detail how staff are using their time and when they are wasting time. The ability to record stokes on a...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  08 avr. 2019
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Being associated with success has a down side
  Liverpool’s striker has become an international super star due to his goal scorning exploits. It is well know that this Egyptian footballer comes from a small remote village. According to the...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  07 avr. 2019
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The Public Sector is supposed to be a model employer 
The public sector is expected to behave differently to the private sector. Where as the private sector often requires legislation to improve the condition of workers or act in a way that...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  03 avr. 2019
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Backwards to a Glorious Future
     Where change has failed, let there be continuity. This is how one national news paper described the significance of a new person in charge in Manchester. That is Manchester United Football...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  30 mars 2019
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The Office Revolution
Last year 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 bodyshell...
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Stephen Dale
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Dernière mise à jour:  29 mars 2019
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Sometimes the Leader is to Blame
As a senior manager I always signed up to the view that when something goes wrong we should resist the temptation to find out who was to blame. It’s not just that a blame culture makes...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 mars 2019
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Gardeners Question Time 
The residents committee has just named my neighbour  as having an outstanding garden and to my embarrassment has named and shamed us as having a poor garden with little prospect of...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  24 mars 2019
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I Take No Pleasure In Your Success
When asked how he felt about his former club becoming champions of Europe Jose Mourinho replied that it was achieved by the team he put together. What must it be like to be sacked...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  27 mai 2024
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Child poverty and housing…We need to talk
1) Do we really understand how affordable our rents are for families? 2) Are we prioritizing rehousing for overcrowded and larger families? 3) How do we respond to families...
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Hanna McCulloch
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 févr. 2020
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Managing the Millennials 
Millennials are defined as the children of baby boomers. By 2020 they will make up 20% of the global workforce. Do they expect to be managed differently? Yes, more engaged, more involved and...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  12 mars 2019
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The Righteous Manager
If you describe someone as self righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes and behaviour and that other people are wrong. However...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  27 mai 2024
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INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
(Previously published at Stephendale.com) I don’t like Monday’s by The Boomtown Rats, says it all. Released way back in 1979 before millennials had become, well millennials, the...
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Stephen Dale
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Dernière mise à jour:  04 mars 2019
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Are social workers the champion whingers? 
I’m a former social worker and someone who believes strongly in the professions values. I think that there are things social workers, whether working with young people or vulnerable adults, do...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  05 déc. 2023
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How to Use
This regional network is for organisations, health practitioners and individuals interested in climate and health issues relevant to Northern Ireland, to enable access and sharing of...
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Stephen Jones
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Dernière mise à jour:  04 sept. 2019
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Just saying 
You know all those articles which tell you the importance of learning to say “No”. How liberating it is, how you suddenly regain control of your life and establish a work life balance....
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  23 févr. 2019
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Back in time to the 60s
Recent research by the Centre for Social Investigation at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, has revealed that recruitment discrimination is as bad as it was in the late 60s   Despite...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  19 févr. 2019
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This charming man/woman
Ever wondered why candidates with less experience and knowledge get promoted so quickly? Could it be they charmed the interview panel? “He must have had quite a lot of charm ,as he was promoted...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  19 févr. 2019
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Property Flood Roundtable
The PFR roundtable has been in operation for about 2 years and has membership which includes leading insurance companies (Graham Brogden the Chair is from Aviva) and leading industry actors. 2017...
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Robbie Craig
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 févr. 2019
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The Good Place 
Two people die and believe that a case of mistaken identity has resulted in them being admitted to the Good Place ( Heaven)in error. They attempt to ensure they are not found out and sent to...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  11 sept. 2019
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The Plan
How long do you stick with a plan that isn’t working? At what point should you bend to the pressure to change the way you do things? How long is long enough to prove your way will deliver?  ...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  04 févr. 2019
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Don’t pay the Ransom
  That’s what the police say. The statistics say something different. A small percentage of hostages escape and very few are rescued. Less than 1% are killed. If you, your family or your...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  01 févr. 2019
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Shrink to Fit
Austerity set Local Authorities a very big challenge how to get smaller without too much pain?    You can shrink people as in the film Downsizing , this solution turned out to have its...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  01 févr. 2019
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Are you a Warrior or a Worrier?
There are many exciting films and books about great warriors their stories inspire us. We admire the warrior, their bravery, their resourcefulness, their fighting spirit , their ability to...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  26 janv. 2019
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Public Health Outcomes Framework
The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) was established in 2012 and its indicators are reviewed every 3 years. Public Health England (PHE) is planning to update the PHOF in the summer 2019, to...
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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 janv. 2019
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Praise in public criticise in private 
That’s the received wisdom yet recently two very successful and high profile managers have publicly criticised their staff one going as far as to single out individuals. Was this a calculated man...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  25 janv. 2019
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Humility
Amongst the many qualities associated with being a great manager, a leader, humility is not the one that comes to mind first. And yet great leaders are separated from simply successful leaders by...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  24 janv. 2019
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Getting active for better Musculoskeletal health
Musculoskeletal conditions affect over 10 million people and are the leading cause of disability in England, according to the Global Burden of Disease project – an international study ranking the...
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Samir Qadery
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Dernière mise à jour:  23 janv. 2019
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Angry Bosses
Angry, aggressive, volatile, unpredictable bosses you’ve had one or may be you have one. The good news is they have had their day. The shouty, sweary boss is on the way out. It’s debatable whether...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  22 janv. 2019
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Just like 2001 A Space Odyssey
The car engine warning light came on but the mechanics could find nothing wrong. It reminded me of that scene in the film 2001 where the ships computer, HAL, alerts the ships crew that a piece of...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  21 janv. 2019
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The Favourite
Have you seen the film yet. Well if not you will have heard about it. With out giving away too much it is about the rivalry between two women to be the Queens “favourite “. Being the Queens...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  15 janv. 2019
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Bullies are not bad people
Your boss may be a bully but that doesn’t make them a bad person. We have a problem of bullying in the public sector and we’re not going to solve it by treating it as just a few bad people....
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  14 janv. 2019
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Kirstie and Phil plus Kevin and estate agents with all year round  suntans agree with Jose 
It was one of those remarks by Jose Mourinho that on first hearing you think something has been lost in translation. Never the less you turn it over in your mind because as well as being a...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  09 janv. 2019
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Is your organisation being run like a cult?
Does your Organisation demand enthusiasm from its employees? Does the leader expect unquestioning loyalty? Is dissent considered disloyalty? Unquestioning loyalty, unshakable belief and...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  01 janv. 2019
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Our KHub year
2018 has been another year of growth and consolidation for Knowledge Hub. We want to thank all our members for your contributions - knowledge sharing and collaboration only work when you...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Dernière mise à jour:  28 déc. 2018
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Sawdust in the bread 
The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps established during Joseph Stalin’s long reign as dictator of the Soviet Union.Gulag prisoners could work up to 14 hours per day. Typical...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  26 déc. 2018
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Everyone is expected to be a team player but some just pretend
  The research, from the Ashridge at Hult International Business School, examined the engagement levels of teams of workers, across seven different employment sectors, such as health,...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  23 déc. 2018
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Get involved in the Social Services Research Group
Are you interested in promoting the use of research and intelligence in children’s and adults’ social care? If the answer to this is yes, you may be interested in a new social care special...
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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour:  20 déc. 2018
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Did I say that out loud?
I thought the words. I can be seen mouthing the words. I said the words under  my breath,  more to myself than anyone else, maybe in the expectation that those sitting either side of me...
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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour:  20 déc. 2018
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