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Are local public museums a thing of the past?
  As director of Community Services, museums and Libraries came under my portfolio of responsibilities. When it comes to managing a service within a shrinking budget there are many...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Mar 2018
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Don’t blame the social worker
  It’s all about the context in which you deliver your professional skills. Social work is all about how you treat people. The professional values that underpin social work ,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Mar 2018
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What is an essential service? When is a service no longer a safe service? 
  Another council leader discussing the dire budget position of their authority  states they only have enough money for “essential “ services but what is essential? I...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Mar 2018
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The Three Tricks 
Three tricks endorsed by HR were in the spot light this week. Trick one is  to increase basic pay but at the same time remove paid breaks and enhancements for working on a Sunday. Trick two...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Mar 2018
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Social Workers Night Out
The football team was made up of social workers, probation officers and their clients. The clients provided the skill, speed and youth, the social workers the organisational skills, transport and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  09 Mar 2018
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Assessing leadership 
According to a recent survey of 200 HR managers by Top Employers the best way to assess a manager’s leadership skills is to look at how good their team is. This means assessing team...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Mar 2018
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Our First Facilitator Welcome Call 
This is the first time we have done something like this and I found it very useful. A big thank you to Mike, Fiona, Ailie, Kyriacos and Dimple. Apologies if I have missed anything obvious. How...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  08 Mar 2018
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The Irrational Manager
      We all like to think we are rational decision makers. Senior managers build their careers on their ability to put emotions and bias to one side and carefully way up the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 Feb 2018
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