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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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Last updated:  26 Dec 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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Last updated:  23 Dec 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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Last updated:  20 Dec 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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Last updated:  20 Dec 2018
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Even the special one can get the sack
It’s not such a disaster and certainly not a disgraced to get the sack. Provided it wasn’t for accessing porn on your work lap top or making a racists joke at the office Christmas do.  It’s a...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Dec 2018
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Ghosts 
  The candidate who doesn’t turn up for the interview. The person offered the post who asks to think about it over night and never gets back to you. The guy who doesn’t return after the first...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Dec 2018
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Meritocracy and the Average Football Team
A meritocracy is a good thing isn’t it? A football team selected on skill and effort would be a good example of a meritocracy in action. The Sunday league team I played for and the kids teams I...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 Dec 2018
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The Tail Should Not Wag The Dog
  I once told the head of HR that the tail shouldn’t wag the dog. I didn’t last long in that organisation. I leant my lesson.  I had been in post about a year when there was a...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 Dec 2018
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