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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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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
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12 Jan 2020
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How to start a difficult conversation
The person you are going to talk to isn’t going to like what you have to say. They are going to take it personally. You are going to challenge them and their reaction may be defensive,...
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Blair McPherson
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13 Jan 2020
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Happiness - a review of the decade
As we reach the end of the second decade of the 20th Century, it seems a good time to look back at what has happened in that time in relation to happiness, resilience and wellbeing. ...
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Adrian Barker
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31 Dec 2019
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Maccabees victory for Tawhid - Oneness of God
Admiralty House opened it’s doors on Thursday 19th, for a celebration of Hannukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, where I joined my Jewish colleagues for some thought provoking conversations....
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Nuzhat ALI
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23 Dec 2019
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Tinsel, trends and sparkling searches...
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me….. enough of all that. Everyone loves something new and we have a few new prezzies for you on Knowledge Hub. Let’s start with the new...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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20 Dec 2019
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Christmas Crackers
A table of middle aged, single, American women were preparing to eat a Christmas meal in the splendid dinning room of the cruse ship as it sailed down the Danube. The table was festively...
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Blair McPherson
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17 Dec 2019
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Christmas and New Year Challenge
There is an old Mexican saying that if you drink the water then you will stay. Meaning if you stop for even a short period you will be captivated by the place. But in view of the state of the...
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Blair McPherson
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08 Dec 2019
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The Perfect Crime
In HR they call Passive Aggression (PA) the perfect crime as it involves a variety of behaviors designed to “get back” at another person without the other recognising the underlying anger. I...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Dec 2019
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Are your event surveys any good?
When you go to most events you get a lovely happy sheet at the end or emailed to you after the event. Most of them are tick box based. But does that really help if your hosting the event. One...
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Michael Norton
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03 Dec 2019
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The voice of reason
I had a good friend who played in the same football team as me. In the changing room and later during the post -mortum in the pub when we would all agree that their third game changing goal was...
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Blair McPherson
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29 Nov 2019
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Manager says upsetting people is part of role
What if England had lost? How would the managers disciplinary action against one of his best players be viewed? So some members of the England team thought the manager over-reacted to an...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Nov 2019
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#OurDay – the 24hr tweetathon to celebrate our public services
Today sees many of those who are working and volunteering to deliver public services to our communities share the great and important work they are doing to keep our communities going....
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KHUB Focus
Last updated:
19 Nov 2019
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Simply the Best
Last year Liverpool were the best in Europe. Judged another way Manchester were the best in England. But if you take into account the amount they spent to achieve this performance then it looks...
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Blair McPherson
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26 Apr 2020
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How do you improve performance and make winners?
Everyone has heard about the revolution in British cycling which led to the biggest ever haul of Olympic medals. Every one in sport and any one interested in improving performance wanted to...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Nov 2019
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A managers arrogance is one of the things that make them successful
“ I am the greatest” Mohammad Ali said it and it was arguable true since at the time he was the undisputed world champion. It was certainly boastful and probably deliberately intended to get...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
29 Nov 2019
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‘To be a manager you must forget the player you were” Valerity Lobanovskyi - Dynamo Kyiv
Management is different to being a practitioner. A gifted teacher doesn’t necessarily make a good manager, nor does a social worker, solicited, accountant, or housing officer. And yet most LA...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
06 Nov 2019
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