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The tail should not wag the dog
I had been in post about a year when there was a management restructuring and the chief executive offered me the post of assistant director operations. A couple of weeks later the director of HR...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  18 Sept 2014
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Deputies are Rubbish
One of the few good outcomes of budget cuts and subsequent management restructuring has been getting rid of all those unnecessary management posts, the ones that had deputy or assistant in their...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2014
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What makes for good public health research?
Some reflections on my role on a NIHR board making recommendations on grants for public health research* We are constantly being bombarded with public health advice – don’t smoke, lose weight,...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  16 Sept 2014
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A Framework for Identifying Aspects for Improvement
I was reflecting on experiences of various meetings last week, and it struck me that they quite neatly fall into categories I’ve used in the past to assess why organisations don’t follow good...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  11 Sept 2014
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Have you picked the right tools for your group?
Has your group been struggling to take off and activity within the group is occasional or non-existent? Did you pick the tools first before finding out what you group was trying to achieve...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  10 Sept 2014
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Successful People
All successful people do two things well. They manage themselves and they manage their boss. Some people think success is about luck being in the right place at the right time, others think that...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  09 Sept 2014
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Event - Putting sustainability into practice - actions for sustainable health and social care systems
1st October 2014, 10:00 to 16:00, Putting sustainability into practice - actions for sustainable health and social care systems. Free event at Reading town hall, Reading, RG1 1QH (Registration...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  08 Sept 2014
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How to better engage employees with social intranets
In many organisations, social media is still the preserve of the communications team and, where it's embraced, tends to be used for external engagement only. The social networking tool Yammer...
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Sarah Jennings
Last updated:  04 Sept 2014
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