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On Boarding getting employees on board and keeping them on board 
On Boarding is management jargon for getting new employees familiar with the way we do things round here. It’s not just about the routines, tasks and knowledge it’s learning about the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Jun 2021
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The chaos theory of leadership
Do you assume the motivation behind the ambitious manager is the desire to make a difference or the craving  for power , status and rewards that go with it? Maybe it’s always a mixture of both...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  01 Jun 2021
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It’s editing Jim but not as we know it. 
I wrote - Captain Kirk of the starship Enterprise is 90 or the original actor to play him is.  But that’s not what appeared in print.    ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  28 May 2021
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Funny names list
It started harmlessly enough just a casual observation to a colleague about some clients names that got turned into a list, circulated and added to. The list was titled Funny Names. As the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 May 2021
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Unconscious Bias the Baby and the Bath Water 
I met up with a former colleague  last week who keeps in touch with  their ex team members on social media and was beginning to regret it. A picture of a child’s soft doll  with bright clothes,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 May 2021
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Light my fire 
Her name was Heather and she was a swim wear model. She wasn’t the most obvious choice for a conference speaker. She stood at the front of the stage and spoke to an audience of about a thousand...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 May 2021
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Doing as little as necessary and Just enough is never enough. 
Doing as little as necessary sounds like a skivers charter. Where as Just enough is never enough could be the motto of a demanding manager. The first is about a radically different way of ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 May 2021
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Relaxed and informal should not led to overfamiliar and discourteous. 
It was Saturday night in my favourite curry house  and who should come in but a small group of people including a well know comedian from the t.v. This is a very low key establishment in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  04 May 2021
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5 ways you can make your online group buzz with activity
Running an active online group isn’t easy. The natural tendency for online groups is to start strong when everyone is new and excited, but they can dwindle over time as members and facilitators...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  30 Apr 2021
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“I’d tell you if you were doing something wrong”
All to often the first time the boss says how much they value your contribution and appreciate your commitment is at your leaving do! This seems consistent with a resent survey which found 80%...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Apr 2021
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What is it?
Jimmy Hendrix was a master of it, not so most managers. Employees want it, although not everyone enjoys it. There is a skill to giving it, get it right and both the individual and the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Apr 2021
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The Good Fight, the N word and HR
  Over the Easter weekend I watched the latest episode of The Good Fight on Netflix. It’s a US t.v. series set in a law firm. What’s different  about it is its topical ,political ( US politics...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Apr 2021
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It always worked in the past
The ancient Chinese believed  eclipses of the Sun were the result of a dragon attempting to eat it. To prevent this from happening everyone went out into the street and banged pots and pans to...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Apr 2021
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Organisations in Denial 
Some leaders think it is a perfectly normal state of affairs in these challenging times for managers to be cynical and staff disillusioned. Some leaders claim staff always moan about their...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Apr 2021
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How to keep members’ attention during your online presentation
Remember those days where you could stare into the audience to see if what you are saying was making an impact or even stare at a few people to see if they are paying attention. Maybe that last...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  29 Mar 2021
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Are day visits to private caravans on restricted premises permitted in England under the 'Steps' regs before Step 2? 
Can anyone confirm if a caravan owner or owner of a second home is able to day visit their property/ caravan to carry out cleaning or other maintenance in preparation for occupation at Step 2...
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Jan Bostock
Last updated:  29 Mar 2021
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Lead Exposure in Children in England
Hello all 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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Neelam Iqbal
Last updated:  08 Apr 2021
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Changing your mind 
The willingness to change your mind is a good quality in a leader as long as they don’t do it too often. Change it too often and you’re a nightmare to work for, never change it and you’re a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  15 Mar 2021
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This is not America
This is not America. I am not an American. I am not anti Americans just their business/management culture. The business schools, the MBA courses, the case studies and the language, the ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Mar 2021
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The Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS)
Hello all 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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Neelam Iqbal
Last updated:  25 Feb 2021
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