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Please do not adjust your set - what’s next for Khub?
  Following a short while for the initial release of Khub to settle down and get some of the bugs ironed out, we’re adding some more bits to Khub and changing some others. So what’s...
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Michael MacAuley
Last updated:  31 Aug 2012
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Katagelophobia
The fear of being ridiculed is much greater these days. Managers’ spans of responsibility have increased following the cull of management posts. So the chances of being caught out by a question...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Aug 2012
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Time flies when you're inspired
It’s that time of year again when we start looking for new contestants and hosts for the Local Government Challenge competition. It seems to come around so quickly – it feels like only yesterday...
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Liz Copeland
Last updated:  29 Aug 2012
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And the gold medal for bureaucracy goes to...
Which is the most bureaucratic of all local government services? http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=20533
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  28 Aug 2012
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No U in team
You don’t have to be a cricket fan to recognise the situation. Your best player who thinks he can do a better job of running the team is bad mouthing you and team mates to the opposition. Clearly...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Aug 2012
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How to choose who to promote
  There is no fool proof way to select people for promotion the proof of which is the number of fools promoted. There is a £ multi billion business based on getting the right people in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 Aug 2012
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The Directors handbook
How to gain and retain power Better to be feared than loved but ideally not hated The name of the game is manipulation being able to recognise the true motives of other people and using...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2012
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Do extraverts perform better at interview or do they just think they do?
  It has long been recognised that in western society there is a cultural bias towards extraverts especially in the work place. A new bestselling book by the American author Susan Cain has...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  16 Aug 2012
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Clinical Commissioning Groups
It's been kept fairly quiet, but following the abolition of Primary Care Trusts on 31 March 2013 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will become Responsible Authorities under the amended (via...
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Chris Williams
Last updated:  15 Aug 2012
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Purdah
We've received the following guidance from the Home Office around Purdah: Purdah   At the last Elections Panel in July, we took away an action to clarify the position around purdah. ...
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Chris Williams
Last updated:  14 Aug 2012
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The true legacy of the Games
The true legacy of the Olympic Games is not measured in world records or medals table but progress on a wider front. http://www.publicservice.co.uk/blog_story.asp?id=384
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Aug 2012
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Opening up local government transactions - Not just data
In some circles, the term “transparency” seems to have supplanted “open government” which might imply the objective is for government to go on doing what it is doing now but in a more transparent...
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Mike Thacker
Last updated:  22 Aug 2012
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Consultation on Sustainable Procurement Bill
Take part in the consulation on the new Bill   http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/08/3295
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Andy Hay
Last updated:  13 Aug 2012
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Going for Gold
There will be those who try to persuade us that the success of Team GB can be emulated in the workplace. I will not be one of them. see article in the Guardian. ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  11 Aug 2012
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Don’t tender for Healthwatch! Where markets do and do not have a role.
Councils up and down the country will be commissioning local Healthwatch organisations.  If it’s not too late, I’d like to suggest they think about alternatives to the tendering route. ...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  09 Aug 2012
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We are taking your title
  A few years ago there was considerable surprise at research findings which appeared to show people would rather have a more impressive job title than a pay rise. The research confirmed...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Aug 2012
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It's not enough to succeed
It’s not enough to succeed. Others must fail. What’s so deliciously spiteful about this quote from Gore Vidal is the acknowledgment that in victory some delight in the defeat of others. If you’re...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Aug 2012
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50 Shades of management from a women's point of view
You've read the book, you've seen the film or you've heard all about it on social media, well now ii's in the office...and its the same but different for women.  Grey suits, grey...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Jun 2015
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Selling baked beans
When asked why they want to be a manager in local government candidates most often respond by saying they wanted to make a difference to people’s lives. May be they  do but public sector...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 Jul 2012
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Trust in short supply
  You can’t be an effective leader if you don’t have the trust of your peers and the public. That is according to chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners writing in the Health...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Jul 2012
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