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How Bond villains convey malevolence
Senior managers need the ability to hold an audience, to dominate a room, to make people feel comfortable, as opposed to uncomfortable,in their presence. It’s a skill and like any...
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Blair McPherson
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09 Mar 2020
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Leavism
How do you know your organisation’s absence management strategy is working? You might assume it was a reduction in absenteeism but this might be masking a problem with leavism. The issue of...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Mar 2020
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Adult Social Care Client Level Data
Every year there is a large demand for additions to the annual aggregate adult social care (ASC) data collections, while there are typically no areas identified for reduction. The resulting...
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Philippa Lynch
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06 Mar 2020
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The need for curiosity
I have never seen it written into a management JD or identified as an essential requirement in a person specification but recent events have confirmed the need for curiosity amongst senior...
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Blair McPherson
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02 Mar 2020
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Questions
The best don’t know all the answers but they know the right questions to ask. Blair Mcpherson www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Blair McPherson
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01 Mar 2020
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Advancing Practice in Knowledge and Organisation Learning
At this month’s Henley Forum 20th Anniversary Conference, Knowledge Hub received the Highly Commended Award for Advancing Practice in Knowledge and Organisation Learning. You can check out the...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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26 Feb 2020
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Gaming the System
Not all managers play by rules. The recruitment procedures are designed to ensure candidates are not discriminated against and managers can’t slot in their favourites. The process is designed...
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Blair McPherson
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24 Feb 2020
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Frank Sinatra, Mr Teflon and the Professor
They use to call him Frank Sinatra because he always did it his way. Trying to explain the importance of following the correct procedures whether that be in recruitment, tackling absenteeism or...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Feb 2020
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Leed Year of Reading
Leeds has embarked on a mission: A mission to inspire and encourage children and young people across the city to engage with the amazing world of reading and stories. Since the launch of our...
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Mike Crowther
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18 Feb 2020
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The 7 Mindsets for Leading in a Digital Age
Super excited about our 2020 version of our “Digital Age Leadership” profiling tool. Now in it’s 6th year, 12th release & well over 1,000 profiles globally! The clarity of what digital age...
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Gary Ross
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12 Feb 2020
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Morse v Clouseau
Under what circumstances is it ok for HR to go the full Morse on an anonymous letter and how do you ensure clumsy attempts to identify the culprit don’t come over all Inspector Clouseau ...
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Blair McPherson
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12 Feb 2020
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Not the best judge
At university I had a lecture who supervised one of my placements and believed students were a good judge of their own performance. I was tipped off in advance by a student in the year above so...
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Blair McPherson
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12 Feb 2020
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Winning
It’s brutal, wrong and dangerous. It’s cheating but if you can get away with it, bending the rules is all part of the game. This is not new no but it’s is a new and disturbing low. Blair...
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Blair McPherson
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12 Feb 2020
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Have we become a society of people too easily offended?
Here’s some advice I read in the news paper recently. “ Don’t quote The Office without explaining the context”. From my recent experience even providing the context won’t stop some people being...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Feb 2020
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Support with year two Local Child Poverty Action Reports
There’s been a definite – and very welcome - spike in the number of inquiries I’ve received from local child poverty leads over the last few weeks. Although your work to tackle child poverty...
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Hanna McCulloch
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31 Jan 2020
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Rogue Monkey
“ If you want to change things you sometimes have to disrupt things.” Dame Sue Campbell Director of Women’s Football at the FA. (Apparently referred to by some in the FA as Rogue Monkey!). ...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Feb 2020
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The Oxymoron Manager
We need to be bold whilst at the same time not taking unnecessary risks, we need to be financially prudent but invest to make the most of technological but not see it as the solution to...
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Blair McPherson
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28 Jan 2020
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From Humiliating to Surviving and Thriving
I once played in a football team that got beaten 15-1. What made it worse was it was only 2-1 at half time. It was a capitulation and a humiliation. Our goal keepers confidence was...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Jan 2020
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Hire and Fire with Impunity
In 2011 the Harvard Business Review published the findings of 10 years research into management effectiveness. The headlines read, USA managers are the best , and as is so often the case ...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Jan 2020
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Gavin and Stacy
Taking words out of context and simply banning them as offensive does not take forward the battle for greater awareness and sensitivity in the cause of equality and diversity. If you were in...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
12 Jan 2020
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