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Managers who don’t want to manage
Some managers don’t want to be managers they find themselves in this position as a natural career progression from being a well regarded professional. But being a good teacher, social worker,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Dec 2024
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Passion on and off the field 
I read an interview with a former premiership footballer in which he said he hadn’t fallen out of love with the game as some pundits had suggested, he had never been in love with it. In fact he...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  18 Nov 2024
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What is the Historic Environment Skills Forum?
The Historic Environment Skills Forum was launched in November 2022 in direct response to Action 1.1 of the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan. The purpose of the  Skills Forum  is to...
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Phil Pollard
Last updated:  09 Sept 2025
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We eventually stuck our fingers in our ears
After being verbally whipped and routinely screamed at we eventually stuck our finger in our ears. The manager had no filter,  blunt to the point of rudeness. Interested only in results, no...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Nov 2024
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How do they do that?
I bought a children’s box of magic tricks to entertain my five year old grandson. I learnt a couple of tricks and put on a show. He was impressed but did not give me the credit because he though it...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Nov 2024
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Exploring the use of Earth Observations data for public health risks.
Temperature is an important modulator for several public health indicators as it interacts directly and indirectly with many determinants of health, such as impacts on pathogens or vectors. For...
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Obiageli Onyekpe
Last updated:  04 Nov 2024
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Trust me I’m a senior manager 
The reality is most  senior managers don’t deserve the trust of employees. I need to qualify this statement by stating the obvious which is organisations are not run for the benefit of their...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Dec 2024
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Why do so many of us hate work? (And how we can change that)
Is it the feeling that we are poorly paid , badly managed and under resourced or is it we resent work that has little value or meaning?  I never hated work, except those 4 weeks in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  04 Nov 2024
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