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Showing you’re annoyed is not the same as making staff scared of you  
Alex Ferguson claims he used his notorious hairdryer treatment no more than 6 or 7 times in his long and successful career. The accounts of former players would indicate it was a lot more but...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Sept 2020
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The Understanding Manager
Everyone wants a supportive manager some one who recognises your value to the team and acknowledges your skill and work ethic, some one who is sympathetic when some difficulty in your personal...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Sept 2020
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Simply the Best 
If you ask a highly successful manager, a great leader what it is that makes them so effective don’t expect to get the answer that those who work with them would give. Even the best often lack...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  11 Sept 2020
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Vanity Projects 
A project that is not justified by cost and effort and whose purpose is to make the instigator look good. The most famous was the USA race with the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Sept 2020
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The hole in the donut
These managers never seem to focus on the perfect circle. Instead, their first comment calls attention to the inconsequential mistake. They ask for trivial back-up data that you failed to bring...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Sept 2020
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It’s Complicated 
He drove the car, a reluctant participant in what was a sectarian assassination. First he finds the librarian he fancy’s is the wife of the man they murdered. Then he takes a job working on her...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Sept 2020
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Ginger Rogers’ Annual Appraisal
  Annual appraisals do more harm than good and now it’s ok to say so. Many large companies have dropped Annual Appraisals replacing achievement and reward with support and coaching. One to One...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Aug 2020
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It’s your dream job but there is a catch
It’s your dream job. You have said so publicly and often, which hasn’t gone down well with previous employers. It’s high profile with a very competitive salary. But it’s only for nine months!...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2020
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