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Big personality Big ideas 
 This larger than life person is interesting therefore what they have to say is interesting. Whilst this doesn’t follow people frequently behave as if it did.  “ People don’t believe in...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Aug 2022
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Is being ambitious still a good thing? 
I set my self a target to be a Director by the time I was 50. According to research by the Family and Work Institute in the US most people stop jostling for promotion at 35 coinciding with...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 Aug 2022
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Powered by People 
The corporate slogan prominently displayed on the recruitment advert was Powered by People. So what does this bring to mind, a treadmill or the John Lennon song Power to the People ? Do you...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  02 Aug 2022
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Seek out the reluctant candidate 
Seek out the reluctant candidate who needs to be cajoled into accepting the position because they are not driven by naked ambition, they are not over confident, they will not see dissent as...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Jul 2022
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My Story
 A good story gets you an interview, expanding convincingly on that story gets you the post.  I didn’t always want to be a manager let alone a senior manager. In fact when I started out I...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Jul 2022
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Top Gun and the Maverick Manager
  Thundering rock music,  super sonic jet fighters and a central character who is a rebel with a need for speed, Top Gun gives a lot of bangs for your bucks. But why are senior management...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 Jul 2022
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 Diversity - The Phoney Version -looks different but isn’t 
The image is of someone frantically bailing out a leaky boat whilst water continues to pore in through the holes in its hull. There is a lot of effort but it doesn’t  make much difference. This...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Jul 2022
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Learn  how to lose 
It’s Wimbledon so the sports pages have an interview with John McEnroe. He who was as famous for his on court tantrums as his skills with a racket. He was a serial winner who said he had to...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  11 Jul 2022
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