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The invisible Sword of Damocles
The feeling of ever present peril is one familiar to directors of social services. A former boss once confided in me that when ever he read about an abuse scandal he thought about a youth unit...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Aug 2019
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Boss Quits Abruptly
The leader has a reputation for moving quickly and plain speaking. In the surprise ousting of the chief executive who has only been in the job 18 months , he has lived up to the speed part....
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 Aug 2019
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Loyalty, ambition, betrayal, vomit and sudden violent death 
I have always (nearly always) been loyal but sometimes my dissent was taken as disloyalty. I have always been ambitious but didn’t realise just how ambitious till I repeatedly put myself...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  13 Sept 2019
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Diversity isn’t a good thing 
It turns out that diversity isn’t a good thing if everyone is different but the same. The gender balance and racial  mix (and cross section of sexuality) may shout diversity but if every single...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Aug 2019
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Are we kidding our selves 
We know it doesn’t make a difference but we do it any way. Why , because it reassures us , makes us think we have more control over the way things turn out. The  effort involved convinces us we...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 Aug 2019
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The glass Ceiling and the Cliff Edge
You have heard of the glass ceiling but are you aware of the cliff edge ? The glass ceiling is that invisible barrier to promotion. The expression was originally coined to explain why women...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Aug 2019
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The Culture of Optimism 
The culture of optimism won’t get us out of austerity. The restructuring didn’t make services better or more efficient, the cuts did have a very negative impact, things are worse much ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 Jul 2019
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A team of Super Heroes 
“ What we need is a team of heroic chief executives willing to step up and move outside of the comfort zone and take personal risks. .....We are trying to creat tipping points....The...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Aug 2019
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