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Blair McPherson
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28 Nov 2023 - 14:20

null Can you trust an organisation that doesn’t trust itself with the truth? 

In the public sector vacant posts are not just a result of poor pay and overwork but of poor treatment of staff due to institutional apathy towards staff subject to bullying, racism and misogyny. And a perceived lack of support from HR. Recent reports about the NHS, the London Met police force and the London Fire and Rescue service have highlighted a disturbing and persistent culture of... See more
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Blair McPherson
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06 Feb 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... See more
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Blair McPherson
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13 Jan 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... See more
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Blair McPherson
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06 Sep 2022 - 07:14

null A new meaning to hitting the target

 You may have already come across this but for the half of the population not familiar with male public  toilets there are urinals with a difference in some locations. These urinals have a life size,  very realist house fly painted on the porcelain, dead centre. The thinking  is that this improves the users aim as they feel compelled to treat it as a target. This seems... See more
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Blair McPherson
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10 Jul 2022 - 09:50

null Would you pass the Cultural Competence Test ? 

If your organisation has or aspires to a diverse workforce your managers should be able to demonstrate cultural competence yet most managers would feel I’ll prepared to pass a Cultural Competence test. Of even greater concern is  the number of organisations claiming to be striving for Equality and Inclusion and yet when appointing managers they do not stipulate in the Person... See more
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Blair McPherson
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05 Mar 2022 - 11:41

null Middle managers are part of the solution and part of the problem

  When it comes to getting the message across and driving lasting change  are middle managers the problem ? Is the solution to bypass them and appeal directly to their staff?    I found my self  agreeing with an article in Human Resource Director ( February). The authors were saying how important it was to engage with middle managers if an organisation wanted to drive lasting ... See more
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Blair McPherson
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18 Feb 2022 - 12:26

null The Borg don’t do Diversity

  In Star Trek when the Enterprise first encounters the Borg they announce themselves with the now infamous phrase   “  We are the Borg,  resistance is futile , you will be assimilated.”   Is your organisation like the Borg seeking out people from different cultures and backgrounds to add their knowledge and skills to benefit the company  but expecting them to give up their... See more
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Blair McPherson
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09 Feb 2022 - 16:15

null  Lack of career obstacles for the incompetent and over confident.

The best way to smash  the glass ceiling, the most effective way of getting  a diverse senior management team and how to ensure managers have good people skills.    Organisations that want to promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion should stop appointing incompetent managers.    I believe most HR professionals would describe their role as removing obstacles to... See more
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Blair McPherson
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08 Sep 2020 - 06:03

null Vanity Projects 

A project that is not justified by cost and effort and whose purpose is to make the instigator look good. The most famous was the USA race with the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon the cost of which could not be justified but was intended to demonstrate capitalism was better than communism  and the USA was the greatest.  Putting a man on the moon was an extortionately... See more
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Blair McPherson
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22 Jul 2020 - 10:35

null A faint air of menace 2

We need to talk about how we talk about Black Lives Matter (BLM) in the work place because the subject still has a faint air of menace about it. If people are reluctant to talk about diversity for fear of saying the wrong thing then organisations will have a tick box approach to diversity which looks impressive but doesn't  change the culture. This all to common superficial approach... See more
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Blair McPherson
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08 Oct 2019 - 11:20

null Humbug

There is a lot of anger and frustration about. The use of inflammatory language by tabloid news papers, radio shocks jocks and the Prime Minister means that people in the work place feel freer to use the same language and show the same lack of concern for their colleagues feelings. Managers are expected to challenge inappropriate and offensive language but it’s harder if such... See more
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Blair McPherson
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08 Aug 2019 - 15:18

null The glass Ceiling and the Cliff Edge

You have heard of the glass ceiling but are you aware of the cliff edge ? The glass ceiling is that invisible barrier to promotion. The expression was originally coined to explain why women found it so difficult to progress to senior management post but could equally be used to explain the absence of women and men from minority ethnic groups. The cliff edge is where a woman or some... See more
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Blair McPherson
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05 Aug 2019 - 14:22

null A team of Super Heroes 

“ What we need is a team of heroic chief executives willing to step up and move outside of the comfort zone and take personal risks. .....We are trying to creat tipping points....The premise is that chief executives need to drive change in the absence of politicians doing it right now.....Business that do not embrace issues of diversity , sustainability and equal rights will... See more
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Blair McPherson
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03 Apr 2019 - 14:18

null The Public Sector is supposed to be a model employer 

The public sector is expected to behave differently to the private sector. Where as the private sector often requires legislation to improve the condition of workers or act in a way that does not maximise profit the public sector has a wider remit to set a good example for the benefit of the wider community. Local Authorities are expected to be model employers, or they were!  ... See more
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Blair McPherson
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21 Apr 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... See more
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Blair McPherson
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05 Apr 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... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:39

null Pushed off the glass cliff

  Women in senior management are more likely than men to be sacked or forced out. The frequency with which this happens has been recognised by a new corporate phrase "pushed off the glass cliff".  Researchers at the global management company Strategy& found that women are forced out of chief executive positions more than a third of the time , while only a quarter of men in a... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:08

null All Black short list

  Labour did it for female parliamentary candidates, senior police offers have asked to change the law to do it, the judiciary recently stated it was the type of radical way foreward that was necessary and now it is suggested that the Civil Service should adopt it. We are talking about positive discrimination. In the case of the Civil Service it is to address the under representation... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:40

null Back ward step on fair pay

It is 45 years since women at the Ford Dagenham car plant went on strike for fair pay. The sewing machinists were angry at being treated as unskilled workers. Their grievance exposed the difference in pay between men and women and led to the Equal Pay Act. Despite the law 45 years on there is still a 15% pay gap. And despite the first female general secretary the gap is widening. The public... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:03

null Equality and the public sector

Can we still afford equality? The government doesn't think so. It certainly thinks we can't afford the Equality and Human Rights Commission – that's why they cut its budget from £70m to £17m and the staff from 525 to 207. But what message does their reduced status give out? Will the public sector take this as a green light to cut back on equality? Will the working groups meet less... See more
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