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Health and Wellbeing Policy News
I have been doing a weekly health and wellbeing policy update for some time now.  The full details can be found here, but a few of the highlights from the past week include: The NHS has had...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  16 May 2016
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The Performance Coach
  You think HR is for softies! Mr and Ms reasonable. The nice people who ensure you do the right thing, the ones who resolve conflict and get managers out of the holes they have dug for...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 74)
Which US president was so unlikable  that even his dog had to be bribed with biscuits to go anywhere near him? The answer is Richard Nixon or "tricky Dicky" as he became known. So being...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 89)
  Push, Praise and Push again. www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  09 May 2016
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Your CV of failures
Success in business is often based on failure. So say the successful. Would you expect to get the post you were applying for if you sent in a CV that listed all your failures, the posts you...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 65)
Some jump before they are pushed, but when you live by results sooner or later they are going to go against you. Saying the right thing won't save you if the performance dips, if the budget won't...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 May 2016
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Using behavioural insights to improve health
A recent report from the Behavioural Insights Team highlights five factors for supporting people to take a more active role in health and wellbeing. As part of the Realising the Value...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  03 May 2016
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Champions
League tables are not everything they don't tell the whole story but successive governments have put their faith in this easy to understand way of judging performance. If you are in the top half...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 98)
Never entirely switch off even on a bank holiday. www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 27)
  Leaders give permission to say the wrong thing, open out as opposed to close down discussion and are prepared to manage the emotions stirred up. Leaders put the same emphasise on values as...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 12)
The difference between managers and leaders is managers don't always own the agenda they say things like " the board has decided", "the senior management team wants this done" or " the chief...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  28 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 53)
  Those who have the intellectual ability to understand complex issues and see the bigger picture but are unable to harness the views of others who have the experience and insight they lack...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  27 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 23)
  We spent an enormous amount of time thrashing out a common understanding of the type of management behaviour we wanted to model and the type of manager the organisation wanted/ needed. What...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Apr 2016
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The Go ON UK Digital Exclusion Heatmap
What's the problem? Technology plays a vital part in our everyday life. But for those people and organisations without Basic Digital Skills, the benefits of the internet that we may take for...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  26 Apr 2016
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Housing, care and health infographics from the King's Fund
The King's Fund and the National Housing Federation have produced a set of slides illustrating the connections between housing, social care, health and wellbeing. The King’s Fund and the National...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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New Fingertips tool from Public Health England on antibiotic prescribing
On 5th April Public Health England launched a new ‘Fingertips’ tool which offers data on antibiotic prescribing across the UK. This allows healthcare professionals to see how their surgeries...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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Improvement directory: A list of websites that provide online improvement tools, resources or networks on health and social care
On 1st April, NHS Improvement launched a new Improvement Directory which gives users easy access to key improvement tools, resources and networks in one place. The directory is aimed at staff...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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Change of name for HSCIC
New trading name and new Chair for HSCIC Two developments about HSCIC's future were announced by Life Sciences Minister George Freeman at the recent National Information Board Leadership Summit...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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All Managers to be Leaders
  Under the banner of " all managers to be leaders" a management development programme was commissioned around executive coaching, mentoring and management learning sets. What was unique...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Apr 2016
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Innovation, transformation and people
Three words come to mind as I reflect on this year's Socitm Spring conference: innovation, transformation and people. What you'll notice from those three words is that they don't include...
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Liz Copeland
Last updated:  22 Apr 2016
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