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Blair McPherson
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06 févr. 2023 - 16:16

null Manage your energy not your time

In the tips for being an effective manager time management is always near the top but more radical advice would be manage your energy. People who get things done have in common energy and enthusiasm. But energy is exhaustible, let your batteries run down and you become less effective, let them run down completely and you burn out. So target your efforts, put your energy into projects,... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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06 févr. 2023 - 15:35

null Different sides of the same coin? 

Resilience and Agility are closely related. Resilience is the ability to recover or bounce back. Agility is a set up able to take advantage of opportunities and stay ahead of the game. However the ability to over come set backs does involve some of the characteristics of agility like the ability to change direction quickly and smoothly.  Resilience for an individual is about confidence... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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06 févr. 2023 - 14:14

null “ won’t get fooled again” should be the recruiters motto

According to some recent research at Columbia Business School  https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/1879/mens-honest-overconfidence-may-lead-to-male-domination-in-the-csuite  men typically over over estimate their achievements and abilities by 30%. They are not consciously exaggerating but genuinely believe they are considerably more talented than they are. All to often... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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02 févr. 2023 - 13:33

null Keep a lid on it 

We have all experienced being asked a question  instinctively knowing you’re  not supposed to give an honest answer. I knew it when my boss asked if I thought he was a bully! A common theme in audit reports is that senior  managers did not recognise the extent of the problem. I read a particularly damning report which was strikingly titled,” I’m surprised your surprised”. The... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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02 févr. 2023 - 13:10

null Be a tackler not a dodger 

It’s like football,  tackling is part of the game. In the same way challenging team members is part of being a manager. In a game of football there are a lot of tackles   mostly they are fair tackles but that doesn’t stop some players complaining. So being complained about is not the problem , the problem is a clumsy , badly executed or ill- intentioned challenge.  Continuing... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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29 janv. 2023 - 14:24

null I was a roadie for a rock band in the  70s

My parents and fellow students thought I was working on a play scheme in Blackfriars London during the long summer holiday of my second year at teachers training college. Instead I was driving a Ford transited van around the country, loading and unloading equipment. I got the job by happy accident. One of the girls at colleagues I shared musical tastes with was friendly with someone in a group... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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23 janv. 2023 - 15:51

null Making Local Government Cool 

“One of the things I think I can bring to the Presidency is make  Government and public service cool again” Barrack Obama. I wish I had said this when asked at interview what I could bring to the post and organisation. If Local Authorities are to effectively tackle their recruitment and retention challenge then chief executives need to make their organisations cool again.  When I... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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17 janv. 2023 - 21:31

null Bank of Dave 

Have you seen the film Bank of Dave on Netflix. It’s a David and Goliath story where the little man takes on the establishment big boys and wins. It’s a romcom which is not afraid to be political. It’s set in a depressed, economically disadvantaged northern Town. It’s not a hypothetical norther Town it’s Burnley, Lancashire and it’s a true story. If you are at all interested in community... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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17 janv. 2023 - 14:55

null Always have the right people on the bus.

 It makes a great deal of sense to get recruitment right, to have those on board who are going to be an asset for the journey. Yet the majority of people on the bus got on when the destination was different and before the new driver took over. Some of them are disgruntled passengers.  The restructuring interviews were a revelation most of the candidates had no recent job interview... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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13 janv. 2023 - 21:02

null Bullying in the movies 

Looking at the video and film clips, film makers in the USA think bullying at school, in the work place and in leisure venues is common place. They also believe all bullies get their comeuppance. But only by picking on the wrong person who violently and with maximum efficiency breaks bones and busts heads using fists and feet. The message seems to be learn to fight.  Does the message... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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06 janv. 2023 - 11:59

null Upside down 

We’ve got it all wrong the Private sector should be learning from us not the other way round. For the last 30 years we have had it the wrong way round. Like discovering some famous modernist painting has been hanging upside down in the Louvre ever since they paid a kings ransom for it. For decades the public sector has been told it needed to be more like the private sector . We were urged to... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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04 janv. 2023 - 12:42

null Are you ready?

How do you know when you are ready to step up to the next level? Is it simply enough to think you can ? You feel ready but can you convince an interview panel? I can do most of the things they want I’ll apply and let them decide or are you someone who decides not to apply because you can’t demonstrate you have everything they require?  Sometimes the advert states but more often... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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03 janv. 2023 - 14:18

null Be like water in a stream 

  It’s sounds like a piece of ancient oriental wisdom or something from a kung Fu film.   I came across it in the December Human Resource Director (HRD ) magazine in an article by Jenni Field describing how leaders needed to be adaptable. She suggest managers need to be like water in a stream that flows round a rock, always moving forward whatever the obstacles in it path!  ... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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03 janv. 2023 - 10:28

null Success and Failure  

‘It’s not enough to succeed” said Gore Vidal .“ others must fail”. Some people get as much satisfaction from the failure of rivals as they do from their own successes. It’s not an attractive quality. Team spirit means celebrating someone else’s success like it’s your own. Blair Mcpherson former Director author and blogger www.blairmcpherson.co.uk   
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Blair McPherson
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03 janv. 2023 - 12:34

null Pele, the beautiful game and Local Authorities 

Pele referred to it as the beautiful game. As played by him and the Brazilian team that won the World Cup in 1970 it was. Any team he played in would rather win 4-2 than 2-0 because it was about attack, inventiveness,  creativity and skill. In contrast to the Italian team they played in the final who epitomised the physical, defensive approach whose first aim was not to lose. When I... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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04 sept. 2023 - 08:27

null White Lotus

White Lotus and Succession  are examples of hate t.v.That is a successful T.V. series in which non of the characters are attractive or deserving of our sympathy. They are rich or are living the life style but they appear to have few redeeming qualities. They deserve what’s happening or about to happen to them. They are either devious with a hidden agenda or weak , deluded and... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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26 déc. 2022 - 12:39

null Good advice from Richard Branson

“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!” “Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.” Richard Branson 
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Blair McPherson
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24 déc. 2022 - 10:06

null What’s the difference 

What’s the difference between gaming the system and cheating-integrity! 
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Blair McPherson
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22 déc. 2022 - 12:30

null  If you were offered a £millions 

  But you had to be in constant pain, on a good day a nagging pain like a toothache , on a bad day a searing pain that cripples you in agony,would you take the money? Would a new car and four holidays in the sun a year make up for never having a pain free day, never having a good nights sleep, having days when even the strongest painkillers have no effect and all you can do is go to bed... Voir plus
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Blair McPherson
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19 déc. 2022 - 12:33

null What happens on a Christmas team outing is never spoken about again. You wish. 

Do they still have office Christmas parties where the alcohol flows freely and people behave badly? Does the ban on alcohol mean it’s strictly a mince pies and coffee get together? Or do you work in a team where everyone gets on well enough to sit down together for a meal out.?  I have never been to one of those wild office Christmas parties where people drink too much, snog a colleague,... Voir plus
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