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Rechercher des annonces: How to maintain morale when the future is so bleak
The public sector is to foot the bill for economic recovery. The price to be paid in reduced take home pay and job losses will be felt by all those working in the public sector. The news paper...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 27 févr. 2012

1; Managing gay men
This is a work in progress. An attempt to further the discussion on managing a diverse workforce. I am seeking comments and suggestions and I am not afraid of a little controversy. They...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2015

0; Let’s get rid of the Chief Ex
Nothing personal but let’s get rid of the chief executive. Not a particular chief executive but all the chief executives in local government. What do they do anyway? There is support from some in...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 29 mars 2026

0; Casting out demons
You would not be surprised to be told that some people with mental health problems claim to hear voices and be possessed by demons. You might be a little surprised to be informed that the...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 déc. 2018

0; Top tips on Equality and Diversity training
If you have lead responsibility for developing and delivering equality and diversity in your organisation here are some tips you may find helpful. I have been heavily involved in developing and...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 01 déc. 2025

0; Culture eats EQUALITY strategy for breakfast
Culture eats equality strategy for breakfast, well that’s my experience as a senior manager with lead responsibility for equality and diversity. So we shifted the focus away from policy,...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2015

0; Culture eats strategy for breakfast
We changed the policy .We introduced new procedures. We set targets and introduced monitoring arrangements. We developed a training programme. We provided senior management with regular...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 06 juil. 2020

0; Beyond Samosas and Reggae
What a great title for a book. The book is sub titled a guide to developing services for black disabled people. It was published in 1995, only 48 pages but it must be hard to get hold of because I...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 sept. 2025

0; The Americans think they do it better
The Americans think they do it better, no surprise there, but would you be surprised if a European research team concluded that American firms were the best managed in the world? A group...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 juin 2020

0; It’s good to talk-equality and diversity for leaders
It’s good to talk-equality and diversity for leaders No longer a senior manager I don’t have to worry about upsetting social workers, nurses,teachers,housing officers or their managers. This...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 01 déc. 2025

0; Praise for local government deputies
This article appeared in todays Guardian(Public leaders network) ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2011/may/09/local-government-deputies-praise

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 17 mai 2022

0; Make them laugh
Make them laugh Whoever the audience, whatever the topic it helps if you can make them laugh. Humour can defuse a tense situation and it’s hard to stay angry if you’re smiling. People like...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 24 nov. 2021

0; Bigging it Up
Am I lying or just overselling? Am I bigging it up? Making more of it than is justified? Am I making something routine and commonplace sound different and innovative? How...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 10 mars 2017

0; Are you gay? Do you have a disability? What is your religion? Equal opportunity monitoring.
Equal opportunity monitoring. Most organisations don’t know how many disabled people they employ, how many gay people work for them or which faiths make up the staff group. All they...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2015

2; Mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills
Mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills One very effective way for a manager to continue their development is to identify a mentor. A management mentor is a guide, someone with...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 déc. 2014

0; Coaching and mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills
Coaching and mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills Employee surveys plus an analysis of harassment and bullying complaints revealed that many staff thought their manager had poor...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 déc. 2014

1; Management in 100 words
Management in 100 words The England football manager claims he only needs 100 words of English to manage the team. On the understanding that like the England team your team understands the...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 déc. 2021

0; Leaders expect to be criticised but...
How high your heels are, how often you change your hair style and how much your designer handbag cost are not the type of observations you expect to read about in a serious article about a...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 12 juin 2020

0; Partnerships under fire
The President of the association of directors of adult social services (adass) had a go at hospital managers and the cheers could be heard across social services throughout the land. Richard Jones...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 10 mai 2024

0; How many Chief Executives are truly indispensible?
The announcement that Steve Jobs is to step down as chief executive of Apple for health reasons had an immediate impact on share prices and has prompted discussion about whether it is good for...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 21 mars 2020

1; Do you still use a cassette tape or phonograph?
Blog copied from CoP. This is my last blog post to Communities of Practice. The site will soon become obsolete (31st March 2012); I am sad that the CoP site is coming to an...

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Par:
Richard Overy
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2012

1; Will your Chinese Zodiac Sign make you a better online facilitator?
This is a bit of fun and a follow up to Will your Star Sign make you a better online facilitator? With it being Chinese New Year on the 23rd Jan I was wondering if the year of your birth would have...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2012

0; Could you use your data more intelligently?
Use your data more effectively to yield insightful information that can help you better deliver your services. Our customer insight series provides the opportunity for you to learn from peers how...

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Par:
Shelley Heckman
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 janv. 2012

0; Communities – The Day The World Stood Still
This is a great post by Phil Wride especially with wikipedia today. Rest assured this isn’t another Community Management post linking back to a film as some of my others have. This...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 janv. 2012

0; How will you say thank you next Monday
Don’t forget next Monday is Community Facilitator/Manager Appreciation Day Just in case you don’t know about it check it out on wikipedia ...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 16 janv. 2012

0; 14 Days to go – Community Facilitator-Manager Appreciation Day
It's time for the THIRD annual CMAD on the 23rd of January. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Manager_Appreciation_Day What to do? It's so easy: Thank your Community...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 janv. 2012

0; What does an online community facilitator actually do?
This is a question that gets asked a lot. For all those that are facilitating a Community of Practice you know that it is hard work. And that you have to be slightly mad to...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 06 janv. 2012

0; Cool Welsh Stats tool
I recently stubbled upon the Welsh Government National Strategic Indicators Viewer; a visualisation application which allows the user to compare data for Welsh local authorities in a map, chart or...

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Par:
Richard Overy
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Dernière mise à jour: 09 nov. 2011

0; The power and peril of online communities
This is a great presentation from Rachel Happe of Community Round Table. Also if you get a chance subscripe to their great newsletter The Power and Peril of Online Communities ...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 03 nov. 2011

0; The single biggest reason why members leave a community...and what you can do about it
Another great post by Richard Millington over at Feverbee. I will be remembering this one. Have we made the group / community interesting? Richard say "It's not the...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 27 oct. 2011

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