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Search listings: You can identify good managers by how quickly they get promoted.
A piece of research looking at the impact good managers had on the future careers of their direct reports used an interesting definition of a “ good “ manager. The researchers identified good...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 23 Oct 2023

0; I would do anything out of loyalty but I won’t do that!
I like to think I was loyal to my manager but if they resigned on a matter of principle I can’t image I would also resign in support. I would do anything out of loyalty but I won’t do that. I will...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 13 Oct 2023

0; Helping planning authorities to navigate new planning guidance
(October) Architecture and Design Scotland – Scotland’s design agency for places - publishes the first part of their new resource package to help planning authorities take a place-based...

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Rachel McBryde
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Last updated: 25 Oct 2023

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Place and Wellbeing Network; Go Bold or tread cautiously
Is changed best secured through radicalism , inspiration and impatience or pragmatic , cautious and gradual? Because there is no middle way. Assuming of course you have a choice which often...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 08 Oct 2023

0; Manage your resources effectively with asset tracking
What is an asset? An asset is anything that would be costly to replace, such as tools, IT kit, machinery, hospital beds, medical equipment or vehicles. You can also track people, for example,...

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Bal Love
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Last updated: 03 Oct 2023

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CCS Estate Services; It’s about convincing people it’s possible
I wish I could remember the name of the piece. It was played on an acoustic guitar by a popular folk /jazz guitarist of the 70’s. This was an instrumental piece noted for the speed and...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 25 Sept 2023

0; People won’t remember
“People won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel” – a Maya Angelou I’m glad people won’t remember what I said because I have contradicted my...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 22 Sept 2023

0; SFSC: Stronger Relationships
Hello Everyone, I am aware that the links shared by Tom for our CF2 funded RPC interventions at the beginning of the month are difficult for some of you to access via LA email addresses, so I...

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Eleni Bloy
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Last updated: 20 Sept 2023

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Reducing Parental Conflict; Nobody listened and nothing was done
Said the whistle blower. Not true said senior management. I raised my concerns on many occasions with my manager, with senior managers and when nothing happened with board...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 26 Sept 2023

0; managers don’t want to be seen as a soft touch
The policies are progressive, very much in tune with taking employee mental health and well being seriously, but they are not being made use of. At first HR thought managers were simply unaware of...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 27 Sept 2023

0; The Trap
Told from the perspective of three different individuals, the sister of a missing person, a woman who works in the Missing Persons Unit and a serial killer.This is a thriller set in rural Ireland...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 15 Sept 2023

0; The Place Standard Tool and the Place and Wellbeing Outcomes: The Differences and Similarities
The Place Standard Tool and Place and Wellbeing Outcomes are seeds from the same two trees, namely the Good Places, Better Health (SG Strategy on health & environment 2008) and Creating Places...

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Eilidh Mackintosh
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Last updated: 07 Sept 2023

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Place and Wellbeing Network; The manager sent the chef out to hear the diners complaints
The chef stood at the customers table looking very uncomfortable. By his side was the interpreter The manager was busy hiding. The interpreter spoke to the surprised diners. Surprised because...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 05 Sept 2023

0; An introduction to Environmental Epidemiology module
As part of the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), fellows and anyone internal or external to UKHSA, can apply to attend a week-long training module course on an ‘Introduction to...

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Obiageli Onyekpe
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Last updated: 30 Aug 2023

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Environmental Public Health Tracking; Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children (England, 2022): environmental exposures investigation
On 6 April 2022, UKHSA identified an increase in the number of cases of acute hepatitis – without detection of hepatitis viruses (A-E) – in children from England, Scotland, and Wales. Since then,...

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Obiageli Onyekpe
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Last updated: 30 Aug 2023

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Environmental Public Health Tracking; Why no one reads this blog any more- except you
At one time the hits were measured in ten’s of thousands. It was popular in French! Long or short , flippant or serious, topical or a new angle on an old issue the numbers were pleasantly...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 29 Aug 2023

0; Board games and leadership skills
Clever people play chess. Managers play backgammon but FIFA and Street fighter 6 are the choice of generation Z. Chess is about strategy. Leadership involves thinking and planning ahead. So...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 28 Aug 2023

0; Welcome
Welcome to the new online networking space for the Combating Drugs Partnerships (CDPs). This network space will be the place to make connections with other CDPs across England, access supporting...

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Will Haydock
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Last updated: 25 Aug 2023

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Combating Drugs Partnerships (CDPs); A Tale of Two Hackathons
Carrying on the trend of hackathon blog posts, I‘d like to share the experiences of the BI Population Health team at Warwickshire County Council. We’ve held two hackathon events over the past year...

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Last updated: 25 Aug 2023

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Coventry & Warwickshire Analyst Network; Meet the Buyer North 2023
The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) will hold the sixth annual Meet the Buyer North event on Tuesday, 12 September as an in-person event at the Music Hall in Aberdeen. Partnered by the...

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gillian cameron
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Last updated: 24 Aug 2023

0; Is everyone entitled to a second chance?
A football coach recently made the headlines when allegations of racists comments and behaviour were upheld . However rather than a life long ban that some had expected the disciplinary panel...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 21 Aug 2023

0; Upcoming Events in London
Some upcoming dates for your diary if you’re in or fancy a trip to London Town… Saturday 26 August 12-4pm National Animal Rights March 2023 Meet Marble Arch, London:...

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Caroline Bradshaw
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Last updated: 17 Aug 2023

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Civil Service Vegan Network; REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE GREAT DIGITAL DEBATE 2023!
Come and join the Great Digital Debate, which uses Collective Intelligence to explore how digital and data technologies can enhance defence. We're inviting everyone - from tech enthusiasts to...

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Phoebe Holcombe
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Last updated: 14 Aug 2023

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Government Science & Engineering (GSE) Profession; Perfectionists are rubbish to work for
Saturday morning and I am watching my grand son at football training followed by a practice game. The coach is very encouraging to all the players despite the clear differences in ability. I see...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 14 Aug 2023

0; Inverclyde Life
Many thanks to Chris Park from CVS Inverclyde for this article. Inverclyde Life is your local community directory. The website lists services and activities (mainly from Inverclyde’s...

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Ann Murray
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Last updated: 11 Aug 2023

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Inverclyde Supporting Self Management Community of Practice; My AI doesn’t understand me.
Communication with any AI can led to misunderstandings because AI’s are very literal and struggle to recognise sarcasm. Best not to use idioms or euphemisms either. Having Cold feet means...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 15 Aug 2023

0; Freaky Thinking and Killer Questions
We are constantly urged to to meet the challenge of inadequate resources, budget pressures and ambitious performance targets by being creative and innovative. To come up with new ways of working...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 09 Aug 2023

0; Marking International Youth Day - 12th August
The NHSGGC Mental Health Improvement Team has kindly given permission to share their 'Mental Health Snippets' with our community, as blog articles. Below you'll find their August Mental Health...

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Ann Murray
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Last updated: 08 Aug 2023

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Inverclyde Supporting Self Management Community of Practice; Week 6 of shining the spotlight on local action to tackle child poverty
This is the last week of shining the spotlight on local action to tackle child poverty in Scotland. This week's examples are from Perth & Kinross, Aberdeenshire, West Dunbartonshire,...

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Felicia Szloboda
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Last updated: 07 Aug 2023

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Taking Action on Child Poverty in Scotland; Creating conflict can be good
There are plenty of articles on managing conflict but not so many on creating conflict. It common sense that good leaders resolve conflict and that dysfunctional teams are the result of poor...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 04 Aug 2023

0; Have you watcher Maternal (ITV) ?
If you’re not desensitised then you’re exhausted by your anger and outrage at a failing system. The post pandemic NHS. The affect Covid had on doctors, the affect of on going...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 01 Aug 2023

0; Barbie and Ken plus Action man
The popularity of the new Barbie and Ken film brought to mind this piece published in 2008. Some things have changed some remain the same. Faye Turney is in the Navy and hit the headlines around...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 01 Aug 2023

0; Strange encounter
He came to watch the play with his brother. The play was billed as a comedy/drama about a typical group of youngsters out to have a good time, drugs, sex and rock and roll. However despite the...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 01 Aug 2023

0; Maximising Independence Through Medication Management
Polypharmacy - is a medical term used to describe when a patient is being prescribed multiple medications - and therefore is at an increased risk of suffering from drug interactions or serious...

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Jennifer Mitchell
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Last updated: 27 Jul 2023

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Inverclyde Supporting Self Management Community of Practice; Dealing with grief and bereavement in work
There is always a joker in the pack. The team comedian who interjects flippant remarks into the team briefings. Irritating if you’re the boss, amusing if you’re not. But this joker is not a clown...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 27 Jul 2023

0; How to change the culture of an organisation
Getting rid of a blame culture , a bullying culture, a culture of distrust and cynicism, a sexist culture, a racist culture, a risk adverse culture, a paternalistic culture and replacing it...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 25 Jul 2023

0; This is why AI isn’t the answer
If we asked AI to solve the worlds most pressing and devastation problem climate change then the most likely solution they would come up with is to get rid of us since we are the biggest cause of...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 25 Jul 2023

0; The semantics of self management
Ever wondered why there’s no dash in ‘self management’? You’re not alone! And it turns out there’s more to it than first meets the eye. Read this blog, publised in June 2023, and written by...

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By:
Ann Murray
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Last updated: 21 Jul 2023

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Inverclyde Supporting Self Management Community of Practice; Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT)
Hello everyone and welcome to the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Community of Practice (CoP) on Knowledge Hub. The work shown in this CoP is managed by the Environmental Epidemiology...

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Obiageli Onyekpe
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Last updated: 19 Jul 2023

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Environmental Public Health Tracking; Supporting parents in conflict during the separation/divorce process.
In the context of the Bridges to Peace conference, where the focus is on promoting peace and conflict resolution, this workshop aims to address a pressing issue in the field of Systemic Family...

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By:
Kam Kaur
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Last updated: 19 Jul 2023

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Reducing Parental Conflict