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Dear Dickhead
Your resignation letter is not the occasion to tell your boss what you really think of them or how you feel about the way the organisation has treated you.   Your line manager is aware you...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Sept 2024
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Does your organisation suffers from a culture of contempt? Try this test.
1 How are experts viewed, trusted and valued or view with suspicion and considered naive ? 2 What is the attitude to Health and Safety, bureaucracy which if not checked undermines...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Sept 2024
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Best ever elevator pitch
An elevator pitch is traditionally a very quick introduction of yourself or your idea designed to create interest for a longer meeting. They usually last around 30 seconds. Elevator pitches...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Sept 2024
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It’s all in the handshake 
A good firm handshake at your interview will creat a positive first impression. A wet fish handshake ,clammy and weak will be off putting. But a “funny” handshake will guarantee you the job. ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2024
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Thanks for that boring story
The boss has been on an executive communication course. There was the usual stuff about not using management jargon and tailoring the message to the audience but what he seems to have taken away...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2024
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So you had a Bad day at work  you messed up. 
May be your the MI5 officer who left a confidential terrorist report on the train, the contracts office who quoted the wrong figures resulting in your organisation losing out on a large lucrative...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2024
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The Power of Phishing
  Phishing remains one of the most prevalent and dangerous cyber threats globally. According to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, phishing attacks continue to play a leading role...
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Tom Walker
Last updated:  13 Sept 2024
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Budget Prediction 
This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand it will be easier than next year. Blair McPherson former director , author and blogger www.blairmcpherson.co.uk 
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  09 Sept 2024
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Eating insects is not going to save the planet
It would have a lower environmental impact than conventional meat. However most food products would have a lower impact than meat. The trick is to find an alternative to meat that consumers will...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Sept 2024
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The fixer 
Someone who is skilful at solving problems for others sometimes in away that is not entirely ethical and maybe even dishonest. The Americans in typically blunt fashion refer to the fixer.  A...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Sept 2024
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The girl with the blond hair
A classical poet who as a young man sees a beautiful girl in the street and worships her for the rest of his life without ever seeing her again. Well it was like that I was driving, nearly home, I...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Aug 2024
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What they say about each other
 The deputy says the boss is incompetent. The boss says the deputy is not as good as he thinks he is. The team member says the boss doesn’t realise what the deputy is saying behind his back...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2024
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I had a dream a rather confusing one 
I had a dream ,a rather confusing one,  about the World Health Organisation in which much amusement was had over confusion caused by reference to the abbreviation WHO. Along the lines of that...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Aug 2024
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Show me your happy face 
It’s the Olympics and in the pool it’s synchronised , now called , artistic swimming. By the way the smile is fake. The participants are supposed to smile to hide the pain. The costumes may be...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Aug 2024
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Even the president of the United States must sometimes stand naked 
He is a convicted con artist who assumes the identity of his cellmate. It’s a way of laying low from those he owes money to. On release he aims  to hid out at the home of relatives of his...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Aug 2024
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3 different perspectives
 It’s your average organisation. HR believe if you treat people fairly the organisation will be more productive. Managers question whether HR have their back. And ask their staff not to shoot...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Jul 2024
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Only 3 goals away from a hat trick 
Have you ever received a reference for a candidate that reminded you of the  Roger McGough poem about a rugby player ? The strongest , fastest,  most skilful player to grace a pitch, with...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Jul 2024
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Confidence is over rated give your inner critic a name
Moments of self doubt are normal don’t try and ignore them. This is the advice given to athletes competing at the Olympics by the GB sports psychologist. Even the strongest minded, most confident...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Jul 2024
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Managing in the age of EDI
The different cultural values of ethnic and religious groups  influence the way people expect their manager to behave they also affect the way employees relate to their manager. A managers...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Jul 2024
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Sin of Pride
His best friend at university had surprised every one by joining a monastery. It was a silent order but as a novice he was permitted a visitor once a month. When asked what life was like in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Jul 2024
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