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Are leaders born or made?
Can any one become a leader?  Can leadership skills be leant?  Are some people just naturally followers? Is it true that in any group a leader will emerge? Can followers become leaders...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Sept 2018
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The Myers-Briggs Test;you will still think your colleague is “ difficult”
There is a new book on the Myers-Briggs personality test used by organisations around the world ( What’s Your Type by Merve Emre). Most people are curious to know their personality type and that...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Sept 2018
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Myers-Briggs personality test: you will still think your colleague is “difficult”
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  15 Sept 2018
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The Health Foundation: Healthy Lives Team
The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. The Healthy Lives team have an ambitious strategy to improve the...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  07 Sept 2018
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Are you overpaying for your Microsoft licenses?
As you may be aware, we negotiate MOU’s (Memorandums of Understanding) on behalf of the UK government with key commercial partners including Microsoft. These MOUs ensure that the entirety of the UK...
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Ben Fortescue
Last updated:  05 Sept 2018
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People who know me like me
Obviously it’s part of the job to make decisions that will please some people and leave others disappointed. I am expected to challenge as well as support. I will defend in public and criticise in...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  04 Sept 2018
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Local health profiles consultation
Public Health England are conducting a survey to help inform the Local Health tool update and ensure Local Health indicators continue to be relevant to users. Please find the link to the short...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  03 Sept 2018
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Why my manager likes me and why my manager doesn’t like me 
My manager likes my positive attitude, my enthusiasm and my creative approach to problem solving. My manager likes that I bring solutions not problems to our meetings. My manager appreciates...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  31 Aug 2018
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Getting a top job
After years of interviewing candidates for management posts I have identified the qualities that get people the top jobs.The most significant personal qualities are ambition and bounce back...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  31 Aug 2018
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Health Matters: Health Economics
This edition of Health matters focuses on local authorities, NHS commissioners and healthcare providers making better evidence-based commissioning decisions, and getting the most from their budget...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  29 Aug 2018
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Getting ready for the ISO Standard for Knowledge Management
With the imminent arrival of the ISO Standard for Knowledge Management, I started to gather a range of content that I have come across from different people, much more in the know than I am on the...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  29 Aug 2018
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This is not leadership
Naivety and arrogance are not good qualities in a leader. Although the leader concerned would not recognise this description seeing themselves as optimistic and confident. Such leaders compound...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2018
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That Monday Morning Feeling
The  culture of over work has become a national disease/cause for concern  in Japan. To such an extent that the Government is urging firms to give employees Monday mornings off once a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Aug 2018
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When leaders refuse to lead
By which I mean paralysed by indecision, unwilling to make an unpopular decision, reacting rather than anticipating, being tactical but not strategic, investing only in holding on to power rather...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Aug 2018
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Like Russian Roulette
Being a director of children’s or adults social services in local government is like playing Russian Roulette with the addition that every so often the government puts another bullet in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Aug 2018
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Can you climb the mountain again and again?
In football they call it the difficult third year. Despite your success in the first two years you get the sack in the third year. It’s as if everyone had given all they had and now you can’t get...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Aug 2018
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The Careeist
  Even my close friends didn’t seem as happy for me as I expected. I was the first within our group to gain a senior management post. I don’t remember any of use saying we had ambitions to be...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Aug 2018
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5 ways Knowledge Hub’s Digital Networks can support your digital collaboration
Visit our Digital Network page for more info: Viewing this logged in? You can find the page here. Viewing as a guest? Find out more here. Not a member of Knowledge Hub yet?...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  21 Aug 2018
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Feedback on adult social care data collections
Masters students at Leeds University Business School are conducting a project to investigate the SALT (Short term and Long term Support) and ASC-FR (Adult Social Care Financial Return) data...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Jul 2018
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Facts,Logic and Scientific Management 
“ Every hour spent cycling adds an hour to your life” department of human geography, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands ( advert in weekend papers selling bikes) So as long as you never get...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 Jul 2018
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