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Every one knows what bullying is and that it’s wrong or do they?
Shouting ,swearing, ridiculing and “losing it big time” not as a one off or isolated experience but as a daily occurrence, a regular feature of the way the manager behaves would be...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Mar 2022
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Professionalism
What shocked me was not that he threw up all over her Jimmy Choo’s but that as a professional footballer on a night out he had drunk so much as to be uncontrollably sick! ...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Mar 2022
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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...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Mar 2022
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“ won’t make a difference”
My initial response to the white paper on integration was a flash back to being a young inexperienced trainee social worker. I was sitting in juvenile court as the magistrates told my young...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Mar 2022
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Preparation for prospective remedy 1 April 2022
In this first blog I talk about prospective pension remedy and what stakeholders in the Police Pension Scheme need to know. It should be common knowledge by now that with effect from 1 April ...
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Clair Alcock
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04 Mar 2022
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Better to fall on your own sword
The origins of the expression come from Ancient Rome where a disgraced soldier was expected to commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the stomach , literally falling on their sword. Today ...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Mar 2022
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A few bad apples
You don’t want management that is distant and detached but neither do you want management that is so tight with their staff they can’t see the faults and so are dismissive of criticisms and...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Mar 2022
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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....
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Blair McPherson
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26 Feb 2022
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A hard look at soft skills
There is nothing “ soft” about a police interrogation in Line of Duty. It’s intense and systematic . There is no shouting, verbal abuse or threats of violence. The aim is to get the...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Mar 2022
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How to survive in a ruthless organisation
A successful financial planner finds that his business partner has been doing the books for a Mexican drug cartel. What’s more he has been skimming off the top to fund an extravagant...
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Blair McPherson
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22 Feb 2022
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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 ...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Feb 2022
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Another reorganisation, another major change initiative
Those made redundant , relocated or required to apply for their own job have long suspected that leaders of organisations are often guilty of change for change sake. The new chief executive...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Feb 2022
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Near Miss Campaign – What’s it all about?
Jacqui McPeake of Jacs Ltd and Caroline Benjamin of Food Allergy Aware have collaborated as Hospitality Allergen Support UK to highlight Near Miss Reporting as a potential RISK for a more...
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Caroline Benjamin
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11 Feb 2022
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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...
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Blair McPherson
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09 Feb 2022
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Should I stay or……..?
Even if your employees think the organisation stinks , senior management are incompetent idiots and the work life balance is all wrong they will stay longer if they feel their line manager...
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Blair McPherson
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30 Jan 2022
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Managers you want to do well for.
I consider my self to be very self motivated when it comes to work. Even if I had lost faith in the organisation and fallen out with my line manager my professionalism would not allow me to...
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Blair McPherson
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20 Jan 2022
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Survival of the friendliest
As we know it’s not the fastest, the strongest or the cleverest that survive but the friendliest. Admittedly in reference to evolution it’s survival of the fittest , those who adapt most...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Jan 2022
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Probably the best….
Once upon a time management was about managing budgets and people plus possibly but not necessarily buildings and equipment. Information management would be missed off many people’s lists. But...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Jan 2022
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With a little help from my friends
I read an article that asked the question, “ Is HR ever your friend?” My first thought was this must be a reflection on how HR’s first loyalty is to the organisation despite presenting...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Jan 2022
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The Understanding manager
You can make tough decisions when required. Just because you’re understanding and supportive that doesn’t make you soft. Everyone wants a supportive manager some one who recognises your ...
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Blair McPherson
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31 Dec 2021
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