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It’s Shangri-la and you are the legend at its centre 
“ Where everyone of us has the chance to make a mark and shape the future. Where senior managers are a catalyst for this change. Energising the people who can make it happen. At the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  07 Jun 2022
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Snooze and you lose
Those who need five hours or less sleep a night are more successful than those who need eight hours or more. Less sleep gives you more time to do things and  being more productive makes you...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 May 2022
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Prove you are not a robot 
It says much about modern society that a computer requires me to prove I am not a computer to progress with an interaction! If computers need help to distinguish between humans and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 May 2022
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Spread it thinly 
It was a debate between the merits of butter v margarine in terms of a healthy diet. The dairy farmer argued butter was a totally natural product so had to be better for you. His counterpart argued...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  02 Jan 2023
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Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Post pandemic and the Great Resignation people are even more likely to turn down the opportunity of a management/senior management post because of inadequate resources , unrealistic targets...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  15 Apr 2022
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Heard but quickly forgotten 
To those who don’t want feedback. To those who avoid training. To those who say I have been doing the job for years there’s nothing you could tell me I don’t already know. To those who claim...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Apr 2022
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What’s the difference? 
 The difference between an NHS manager and a LA/ SSD manager is significant when considering the integration of health and social care and I believe has been under explored when considering...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  27 May 2022
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The Macbeths as CEO and Head of HR 
In some organisations HR doesn’t have a seat at the top table. In many organisation HR don’t feel they have the status or influence their expertise and contribution warrants. But this isn’t...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 Apr 2022
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How to reduce complaints-don’t record them
A complaint is only a complaint if it is a formal complaint and is only a formal complaint if the word, “ formal”  is used other wise it is not recorded as a complaint because it has been dealt...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  28 Mar 2022
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Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas 
The latest example of bullish Senior management thinking is from the Chief Executive of P&O who in a Commons hearing said there was no point in consulting  because ,  “ no Union could...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 Mar 2022
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“ So long and thanks for all the fish.” 
The dolphins kept it simple when they left the planet just as it was about to be destroyed to make way for a space super highway. (Hitchhikers’ Guid to the Galaxy).  Keep it simple is good...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 Mar 2022
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Fear,  Favour , Fortune 
It’s the 50 th anniversary of The Godfather probable the most famous and many would say the best film about the mafia. Films and t.v. series set in the world of organised crime are often...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  21 Mar 2022
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Every one knows what bullying is and that it’s wrong or do they?
Shouting ,swearing, ridiculing and “losing  it big time” not as a one off or isolated experience but as a daily occurrence, a regular feature of the way the manager behaves would be...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  15 Mar 2022
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Professionalism 
What shocked me was not that he threw up all over her Jimmy Choo’s but that as a professional footballer on a night out he had drunk so much as to be uncontrollably sick! ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Mar 2022
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Middle managers are part of the solution and part of the problem
  When it comes to getting the message across and driving lasting change  are middle managers the problem ? Is the solution to bypass them and appeal directly to their staff?    I found my...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Mar 2022
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 “ won’t make a difference”
My initial response to the white paper on integration was a flash back to being a young inexperienced trainee social worker. I was sitting in juvenile court as the magistrates told my young...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  04 Mar 2022
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Preparation for prospective remedy 1 April 2022
In this first blog I talk about prospective pension remedy and what stakeholders in the Police Pension Scheme need to know.   It should be common knowledge by now that with effect from 1 April ...
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Clair Alcock
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Last updated:  04 Mar 2022
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Better to fall on your own sword 
The origins of the expression come from Ancient Rome where a disgraced soldier was expected to commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the stomach , literally falling on their  sword. Today ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 Mar 2022
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A few bad apples 
You don’t want management that is distant and detached but neither do you want management that is so tight with their staff they can’t see the faults and so are dismissive of criticisms and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 Mar 2022
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Why do organisations appoint the wrong people? 
There are many reasons why the wrong people get promoted but its not a new thing. Disgruntled employees used to say ,”It’s not what you know but who you know “ to get on in this organisation....
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 Feb 2022
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