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Small things in big boxes
What is the smallest thing you can get into the biggest box? It’s not a quiz question it’s a challenge! Working in Amazon’s massive packaging warehouse involves boring, repetitive and tedious...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 May 2018
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Do Social Workers Make a Difference 
Current government recruitment adverts feature a graduate saying “I wanted to make a real difference with my degree teaching allowed me to do this”.  Inspiring teachers, devoted nurses,...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 May 2018
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Till Death Us Do Part 
Frail, eighty three year old man found at the foot of the stairs by daughter. From the angle of the body and the position of the head he has clearly stumbled at the top of the stairs and fallen...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  22 May 2018
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Who will make it in management 
It’s difficult to predict who will make a good manager. Past performance in your chosen profession is no guide. Who would have thought that the strident, bolshie young social worker, the bane of...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 May 2018
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The Management Delusion 
Every baffled new senior manager goes searching for answers in management/leadership books- but what these authors / management gurus really offer is the reassuring fantasy that there is a formula...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 May 2018
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6 Steps to Create Amazing Group Messages/Newsletters for your Members
Getting the results you want from your group message doesn’t have to be a huge endeavor. These six steps will give it a bit of a wow factor and save you time. Step 1 - Decide What Type of message...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  16 May 2018
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This is how we do things here
Every manager has a philosophy. The best are able to transmit this philosophy so that everyone buys into a particularly way of doing things.  When the philosophy delivers no one questions it...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 May 2018
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GOST hunting for career prospects
Over half of my career has been spent in Project Delivery, specifically, Project and Programme ‘planning’ and ‘scheduling’ and I've enjoyed it immensely. When you enjoy something you tend...
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Adrian Davis
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Last updated:  11 May 2018
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There are no digital silver bullets
In a fairly complex world, everyone yearns for a simple solution. The one thing they should do to make things better. The single solution to all their problems. Digital transformation is no...
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Dave Briggs
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Last updated:  10 May 2018
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So who cares how they do it in the US 
Whenever I read management articles about US companies it is clear to me that the way they do things over there is different. Which is a bit of a problem because management  gurus  and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 May 2018
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“Managers take too much credit when things go well and too much blame when they don’t.“ Brian Clough. 
  The best place to read about leadership and management is not the business section but the sports pages. If you want to understand about performance, if you want to see how big data can be...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  04 May 2018
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I’d be a foolish manager if I didn’t listen to my team
Things are not going well. Moral is at rock bottom. Performance against a number of key indicators has drawn criticism from all quarters. We are at the wrong end of the league table and our...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 May 2018
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How can you improve a side whilst selling your best player 
Improving services whilst cutting the budget. It’s seems counterintuitive. It’s the equivalent of improving the team by selling your best players. Generally speaking people including managers see...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Apr 2018
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3 tips to organising your forums when you start a new online group
Navigating a new organisational environment or online community can be challenging, particularly when the structure is unclear. My initial experience when starting at a district council highlighted...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  29 Apr 2025
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The pilot of jet2 fight from Manchester to Las Palmas  (Gran Canaria) makes a joke to the co pilot and then wipes his hands on his trousers. He takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Apr 2018
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Managers Behaving Badly 
    Why do people behave badly in management team meetings? The same manager who is charming and agreeable to partner agencies is abrasive , argumentative and opinionated to colleagues...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 Apr 2018
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Big data and Water Carriers 
  In business it’s all about the numbers. Analysing the huge amount of data businesses are now able to collect is being used to provide fresh insights into performance. But an obsession with...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Apr 2018
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What makes a successful multidisciplinary team
  Talent and dedication are not enough. Team work and leadership are essential but recent management research suggests successful teams have something else. Drawing from the example of sport...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  10 Apr 2018
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To the mananager who says I don’t need to explain
To the manager who says I don’t need to explain my decisions . I say you do. When things don’t work out, targets are missed and decisions are questioned the manager needs to respond. Simply saying...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 Apr 2018
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In Praise of Older Managers 
I thought if I hadn’t made it by the time I was 50 then I wasn’t going to make it. The thrusting, ambitious and going places 40 somethings seemed to dominate the top posts. Even words like...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  07 Apr 2018
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