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Blair McPherson
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23 Oct 2023 - 15:17

null You can identify good managers by how quickly they get promoted. 

A piece of research looking at the impact good managers had on the future careers of their direct reports used an interesting definition of a “ good “ manager. The researchers identified good managers as those who had been rapidly promoted through the ranks in this large multinational organisation. There is a certain logic to this , people who are good at their job get promoted, the better they... See more
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Blair McPherson
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13 Jun 2023 - 13:11

null When the wrong people are promoted/appointed the right people leave. 

An aeroplane in mid flight, the passenger door is open and an attendant is standing by as two businessmen one after the other parachute out. The passengers stare in amazement. Then the attendant also jumps out. The cockpit door opens and the pilot and copilot come down the aisle both wearing parachutes. All eyes are fixed on them as with out saying a word or looking to the left or right they... See more
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Blair McPherson
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04 Jan 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... See more
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Blair McPherson
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25 May 2022 - 20:49

null The best career advice I have been given

It’s interesting to hear what those at the top of organisations say about the best career advice they were given. Although on reading some of that advice I think if the individual followed it then they must have been a challenge to manage. Howard Davies chairman of the NatWest Group is quoted as saying the best career advice he’s been given,” Always show you could do your boss’s job... See more
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Blair McPherson
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15 Apr 2022 - 14:41

null Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Post pandemic and the Great Resignation people are even more likely to turn down the opportunity of a management/senior management post because of inadequate resources , unrealistic targets and relentless pressure.  I asked someone I managed if they had thought about applying for a management vacancy that was currently being advertised. No they said. I asked why not since they had... See more
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Blair McPherson
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26 Feb 2022 - 15:52

null Why do organisations appoint the wrong people? 

There are many reasons why the wrong people get promoted but its not a new thing. Disgruntled employees used to say ,”It’s not what you know but who you know “ to get on in this organisation. Academics identified a tendency for organisations to promote individuals to their level of incompetence,  meaning people were promoted as a reward for their performance in their previous post... See more
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Blair McPherson
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01 Sep 2021 - 11:12

null Have you noticed how often incompetence is rewarded?

It’s the opposite of what you would expect. Instead of penalising employees who regularly mis deadlines and produce poor quality work managers often seem to reward them. Perhaps they raised their concerns with the individual but saw no improvement or even found them selves subject of a grievance by the employee claiming they were being scapegoated, victimised or bullied.    Following... 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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22 Jul 2019 - 11:42

null Be Lucky

We down play the role of luck in achieving success. Parents teach their children that if you try hard enough almost anything is possible. This is a lie. But understandable since unless you try your best few goals in life are achievable.   Senior managers may truly believed they deserve to be where they are because they are only to aware of how hard they had to work and the ... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 May 2019 - 19:52

null How to be moderately successful 

      Follow the rules Rules are made to be followed in a meek manner. You know this to be true just as you know those “ how to get to the top” books aren’t to be taken literally. After all people who get to the top get to rewrite their history such that there are no career move blunders. That “sideways “ move was a courageous strategic decision that enhanced your career... See more
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Blair McPherson
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31 Aug 2018 - 14:00

null Getting a top job

After years of interviewing candidates for management posts I have identified the qualities that get people the top jobs.The most significant personal qualities are ambition and bounce back ability. But these qualities say nothing about the individual’s ability to do the job.   It turns out that there are two types of managers those who are ambitious and those who are not. Note I am not... See more
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Blair McPherson
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08 Aug 2018 - 13:44

null The Careeist

  Even my close friends didn’t seem as happy for me as I expected. I was the first within our group to gain a senior management post. I don’t remember any of use saying we had ambitions to be a director or chief executive when we were training, it would have seem ridiculous, arrogant and hypocritical . We were after all very critical of senior management considering them as a group out of... See more
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Blair McPherson
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29 Mar 2018 - 15:54

null Rewarding self promotion over talent 

Does your organisation recognise and reward talent or does it just think it does? Does it in reality reward self promotion over talent?  In many organisations those who climb the career ladder faster and who get paid more are not the most talented. Talent goes unrecognised and unrewarded unless the talented, or someone on their behalf ,broadcast their achievements . Most organisations... See more
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Blair McPherson
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21 Sep 2016 - 12:49

null The tail of a lion or the head of a mouse

  Do you want to be the tail of a lion or the head of a mouse? Strange question and the answer is probably neither. This may be an unusual way of phrasing a very real dilemma for staff and managers. In the context that this expression was used the question is, would you rather be part of a struggling organisation in the top division or a leading organisation in a lower division. If... See more
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Blair McPherson
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18 Jun 2016 - 11:35

null How to stand out

  The US work place is not kind to introverts. In the US the aim is to stand out. Those who stand out get the promotion they feel they deserve, so speak up at meetings, offer ideas, do things with out being asked, be enthusiastic, be positive, do more than your job requirers. This won't work in the UK. Standing out in the UK involves blending in, keeping your head down and being a safe... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Nov 2015 - 16:17

null Get the job your abilities merit

  Turn self doubt into self awareness and get the promotion your abilities merit  Highly successful people in the public sector come across as confident and not suffering self doubt. Whilst it is true that there are those who are over confident, have an exaggerated belief in their own abilities and have very little insight into their own behave there are just as many who are good at... See more
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Blair McPherson
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22 Jul 2015 - 11:52

null How do you get to be a Director

I worked for one director who became a director by dishing the dirt on his boss. As the deputy director he told the leader of the council that the director was having an affair with one of his assistant directors causing resentment and tension within the senior management team which was being picked up by people outside the department. His first act on being appointed director was to remove the... See more
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Blair McPherson
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14 Oct 2014 - 11:27

null More Adders than Ladders

Restructuring, redeployment, redundancy have become all too familiar to those in the public sector. Employment has become a game of snakes and ladders. Restructuring may mean applying for your own job all be it with a different title. Redeployment may involve a sideways move, a loss of status and a move to the back of the promotion queue. Redundancy isn't the end of your career but it's been... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:02

null Career advice: be opinionated, abrasive and intolerant

Opinionated”, “abrasive” and “intolerant” of those less able and committed’: these were the words my placement supervisor used to describe me as a trainee. They came to mind when I was recently invited to share some snippets of advice with new entrants to the civil service fast stream.  Once I had written down my pearls of wisdom for tomorrow's high flyers it occurred to me that what I... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:11

null Steady Eddie v Flash Harry in the promotion game

Why is it that being good at your job isn’t enough to get you promoted? Most of us have asked this question at one time or another. http://osiristraining.com/2012/10/30/the-promotion-game/     See more
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