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Blair McPherson
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23 Mai 2017 - 15:47

null What's in a name

  What's in a name ?    Many in the health care world want to dump the term "patient". The progressive view is that "patient" is too passive a description in our consumer society where the modernising public sector is encouraged to adopt private sector ways and think of people as customers. Other parts of the public sector have "agonised" over language. In social services we... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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21 Mai 2017 - 11:42

null What does a social worker believe?

  Social work has changed a lot but have social workers? The articles in the social work press reflect  the changing world of social work, new policies, new legislation, new guidance, new structures, new way of working, new technology, fewer resources, yet the on line comments by social workers reflect attitudes and beliefs that social workers from an era before social media,... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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15 Mai 2017 - 16:05

null Does my boss have the right to demand enthusiasm

  The boss says the budget position gives us no choice but I don't like the changes. The new working arrangements may well reduce costs but they put extra pressure on staff who are already under to much stress and no mater how he spins it the service will deteriorate. I'm not happy but I reluctantly agree we have no choice. I will explain the changes to my team  and why they are... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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09 Mai 2017 - 14:54

null How do I know if my boss is stressed out and what can I do about it

  The thing about stress is those who have it don't recognise it and so don't have any insight into the effect their behaviour has on those around them. If your boss has suddenly and uncharacteristically become difficult to work with, if team meetings are no longer fun, if the prospect of a one to one or even a short car journey together fills you with dread then your manager could... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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04 Mai 2017 - 18:03

null Metro Mayors

  So now Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool have elected Mayors with some real power and control over some big budgets, probably not as much power or as big a budget as they would want but it's a start.    It's the U.S. Model. Will Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool be the next Chicago? What have we to look forward to? Chicago's Town Hall politics are notorious.  ... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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05 Mai 2017 - 10:01

null My Bad

  Its street slang from the US. You will hear it in all those US imports on Netflix. You will come across it on social media. Its only a matter  of time before a politician getting down with the kids uses it. As an expression it's a way of admitting a mistake, and apologising for that mistake, without actually apologising. Someone who uses it is really saying,   "I... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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25 Ebrill 2017 - 16:17

null Speaking the truth to power

It's an often claimed truism that it is a matter of indifference to the public who empties their bins,  as long as the service is good. Members may be ideologically enthusiastic about outsourcing or committed to retaining/returning services in-house but it is the duty of officers to ensure any radical change is supported by a strong business case.    I was a senior manager... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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21 Ebrill 2017 - 11:16

null The Language of Mental Health

It was just a short " chatty" piece in the Guardian. A conversation in the play ground. It was not the mundaneness of  the topic that jarred it was the language. The word "depressed" was used when the meaning was feed up, sad or disappointed. There was reference to people "going insane" and " losing their mind" on social media when "worked up" or "over excited" would have been more... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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18 Ebrill 2017 - 16:38

null Customercentricity

  No it's not a proper word it's one of those words that management gurus come up with and chief executives latch on to . It's a way of making the same old things sound new or different. In this case we are talking about an organisation being customer focused or putting the customer at the centre of the business. Customercentricity is an example of corporate speak, which so often... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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17 Ebrill 2017 - 19:22

null trying to find the whistleblower

  The board /cabinet members each receive a copy of an anonymous letter alleging that the senior manager leading the negotiations to outsource services to a large private company has a previous history with this company and a friendship with a senior executive in the company. It is suggested that this might explain his well document  enthusiasm for outsourcing and the reason he... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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05 Ebrill 2017 - 10:14

null Head, Chair, Actor

  Hull university has apparently issued guidance to students on the use of gender neutral language informing them that they they risk their work being down graded if they fail to adopt this approach. I was surprised students needed to be told. I would have though that long before arriving at university they would have appreciated the importance of language, that they would have noted... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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28 Mawrth 2017 - 03:57

null Rounding up

      There are two types of people those who instinctively round up numbers and those who find the practice irritating and unnecessary. When you fill your car up with petrol and the pump stops at £49-73p do you squeeze another drop in to get it to £50? If you overshoot can you live with £50-08p or do you have to go for £50-50p? What does this say about you?  Rounders up... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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26 Mawrth 2017 - 21:07

null Local Authority awkward squad

  Health and social care is high on the government's agenda but is the resent advice note  from the DoH another example of trying to narrow the remit of local authorities and their awkward squad, social workers?    The Department of Health and Association of Directors of Adult Social services has issued an advice note which recognises the... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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19 Mawrth 2017 - 21:29

null A place in the sun

  How are you rewarded for failure at work? A trip to the big apple, soaking up the sun in Dubai or a golfing trip to Portugal? It's called team building its very popular with managers whose football teams have suffered a dip in performance during the long winter days after Christmas. Team building is also popular in the public sector and not just if a new manager is trying to bond a... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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22 Mawrth 2017 - 02:51

null The difference between management and leadership

Management, as managers are fond of saying, isn't about being liked but I say leadership is. Human nature is such that if staff don't like you they won't like what you say. If staff don 't like you they will mostly deny you the opportunity to influence their thinking. Leadership is all about influencing thinking.  Management is about getting people to do what needs to be done. Managers... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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14 Mawrth 2017 - 20:33

null Surrey CC played poker and won

  So the government claims no deal was done with Surrey County Council it just happens that they benefit from the formula for allocating the additional funds more than any other authority. This has provoked outrage from Labour at both the injustice and the government's barefaced lie that a behind the scenes deal hadn't been struck. But hold the hypocrisy the government of the day... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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10 Mawrth 2017 - 13:05

null F off

  I worked in an open plan office alongside my boss who was a lay preacher and pulled me up for swearing. As a senior manager I was not in the habit of colouring my language with swear words but I was sometimes very stressed and venting through expressing a few swear words out loud did make me feel better. I was not swearing at any one just in frustration and annoyance at the situation,... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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10 Mawrth 2017 - 10:53

null International Women's Day

  The Black Panthers, the Vietnam war, Bob Dylan and the woman's liberation movement, this is the New York scene in the Late 60's early 70's. The story is set in the open plan office of a weekly magazine, the editor, deputy editor and all the journalists are white males, all the researchers are female. It soon becomes clear that the women do all the leg work, come up with the most... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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01 Mawrth 2017 - 11:05

null Confrontational leadership

  A kick up the backside or arm round the shoulder. Delivered at the right time, in the right way both are recognised managerial responses. Some people respond better to one than the other. Managers may be predisposed to confrontational management or supportive management. Supportive management is presented as a good thing, although staff often complain there isn't much of it. Supporting... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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24 Chwef 2017 - 13:37

null Where do they send bed blockers?

Delayed hospital discharges or " bed blocking " is hot news. As hospitals desperately try to unblock their beds where do they send patients and what happens to them? I am an ex social worker and former Director of community services so I thought I knew the answer but it's different when it's your own mum.   Every day dozens maybe hundreds of older people lose their balance fall... Gweld mwy
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