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Environmental Epidemiology Training Module and recent conference presentations
Environmental Epidemiology Training module Every year, as part of the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), both fellows and anyone internal or external to PHE, can apply ...
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Neelam Iqbal
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26 Jul 2021
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The Hulk
I once worked for a Director who stormed out of the office when I said something he didn’t like. Thing was it was his office! Organisations like people have personalities which shape the way...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Jul 2021
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Success is all about who is on your team
Some times you meet the person at the top of the organisation and you’re surprised, surprised at how ordinary they are. From the reputation for being a top performing organisation you were...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Jul 2021
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Does your organisation have trust issues?
Research shows that managers who cannot “ see” their direct reports sometimes struggle to trust that their employees are in fact working. As a trainee, before mobile phones, my team manager...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jul 2021
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Will cows become extinct?
If we can grow meat in the laboratory. Will vegetarians eat it? Will cows become extinct ? If cows could express a choice would they prefer to exist to be eaten, like the talking cow brought to...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Jul 2021
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Is this a safe place ?
How safe is your work place ? No I’m not taking about working with dangerous machinery or hazardous chemicals. I’ m not referring to the risk of falling objects, flying objects or sharp...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
15 Jul 2021
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We know there is life on Mars
“We know there is life on Mars because we sent it there” , NASA’s former chief scientist.
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Blair McPherson
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15 Jul 2021
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Celebrating 10 years of LG Inform
LG Inform is celebrating its 10th birthday this month! Ninety-six per cent of councils are signed up to LG Inform and on the 6th July the site passed the landmark figure of 4 million...
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Esther Barrott
Last updated:
13 Jul 2021
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Are organisations inevitably hypocritical?
Writing in defence of hypocrisy would be like expressing sympathy for the devil, you’re not going to convince anyone that it’s anything other than despicable. And yet hypocrisy...
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Blair McPherson
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07 Jul 2021
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A CDO chat with Ben Unsworth
It’s taken a while to record the second CDO Chat video, but today I finally had the joy of an hour of Ben Unsworth‘s virtual company! Ben has done loads in digital government, including...
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Dave Briggs
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05 Jul 2021
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Stress and Burn out
Looking back it’s clear I didn’t cope well with stress. I didn’t even recognised I was stressed. I don’t know to what I attributed the frequent headaches so sever I came home from work...
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Blair McPherson
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28 Jun 2021
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Giving work Purpose and Meaning
The worst job I ever had was working in the social security office, before computerisation, matching post to case files. Every morning I was given a long list of names to locate their files....
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Blair McPherson
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25 Jun 2021
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So you think you are good at recruitment
You know the argument about whether drivers should have to retake their driving test at regular intervals well the same reasoning applies to recruitment interviews. The roads have got a lot...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Jun 2021
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The unfairness at the heart of the recruitment process.
There is an unfairness at the heart of the recruitment process which rewards those who are good at interviews above those who are good at the job. The surprise is not that the traditional...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
23 Jun 2021
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Further opportunities to join the Centre of Expertise for Counter Fraud
Who we are The Fraud, Error Debt and Grants (FEDG) Group is a growing group of experts based in the Cabinet Office. It consists of the central hubs for three Government Functions: Counter...
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Chris Freeman
Last updated:
15 Jun 2021
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How to make sure your online group gets off to a flying start
A successful online group doesn’t just spring up out of nowhere. These active online groups are the result of a carefully thought out and tested process. What are those processes that can help...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
07 Jun 2021
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360 degree feedback
“ Don’t ask what I think of you I might not give the answer you want me to. “ Oh Well- Fleetwood Mac.
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
09 Jun 2021
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On Boarding getting employees on board and keeping them on board
On Boarding is management jargon for getting new employees familiar with the way we do things round here. It’s not just about the routines, tasks and knowledge it’s learning about the...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Jun 2021
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Vacancy - Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor Post
Description Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor Management Grouping: Adult Social Care & Health Team: Public Health Team ...
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Emma Barry
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02 Jun 2021
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The chaos theory of leadership
Do you assume the motivation behind the ambitious manager is the desire to make a difference or the craving for power , status and rewards that go with it? Maybe it’s always a mixture of both...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
01 Jun 2021
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It’s editing Jim but not as we know it.
I wrote - Captain Kirk of the starship Enterprise is 90 or the original actor to play him is. But that’s not what appeared in print. ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
28 May 2021
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Your chance to join the Centre of Expertise for Counter Fraud
Who we are The Fraud, Error Debt and Grants (FEDG) Group is a growing group of experts based in the Cabinet Office. It consists of the central hubs for three Government Functions: Counter...
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Chris Freeman
Last updated:
28 May 2021
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Funny names list
It started harmlessly enough just a casual observation to a colleague about some clients names that got turned into a list, circulated and added to. The list was titled Funny Names. As the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
21 May 2021
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Cornwall Council Benchmarking
Cornwall Council is refreshing its Environment Services contract, and as part of process, we are undertaking a benchmarking exercise to capture best practice across other Local ...
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Miriam Binsztok
Last updated:
20 May 2021
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Unconscious Bias the Baby and the Bath Water
I met up with a former colleague last week who keeps in touch with their ex team members on social media and was beginning to regret it. A picture of a child’s soft doll with bright clothes,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
13 May 2021
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Light my fire
Her name was Heather and she was a swim wear model. She wasn’t the most obvious choice for a conference speaker. She stood at the front of the stage and spoke to an audience of about a thousand...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
13 May 2021
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Doing as little as necessary and Just enough is never enough.
Doing as little as necessary sounds like a skivers charter. Where as Just enough is never enough could be the motto of a demanding manager. The first is about a radically different way of ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
06 May 2021
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Relaxed and informal should not led to overfamiliar and discourteous.
It was Saturday night in my favourite curry house and who should come in but a small group of people including a well know comedian from the t.v. This is a very low key establishment in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
04 May 2021
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5 ways you can make your online group buzz with activity
Running an active online group isn’t easy. The natural tendency for online groups is to start strong when everyone is new and excited, but they can dwindle over time as members and facilitators...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
30 Apr 2021
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“I’d tell you if you were doing something wrong”
All to often the first time the boss says how much they value your contribution and appreciate your commitment is at your leaving do! This seems consistent with a resent survey which found 80%...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
25 Apr 2021
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What is it?
Jimmy Hendrix was a master of it, not so most managers. Employees want it, although not everyone enjoys it. There is a skill to giving it, get it right and both the individual and the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
22 Apr 2021
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The Good Fight, the N word and HR
Over the Easter weekend I watched the latest episode of The Good Fight on Netflix. It’s a US t.v. series set in a law firm. What’s different about it is its topical ,political ( US politics...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
14 Apr 2021
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It always worked in the past
The ancient Chinese believed eclipses of the Sun were the result of a dragon attempting to eat it. To prevent this from happening everyone went out into the street and banged pots and pans to...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
14 Apr 2021
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Organisations in Denial
Some leaders think it is a perfectly normal state of affairs in these challenging times for managers to be cynical and staff disillusioned. Some leaders claim staff always moan about their...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
05 Apr 2021
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How to keep members’ attention during your online presentation
Remember those days where you could stare into the audience to see if what you are saying was making an impact or even stare at a few people to see if they are paying attention. Maybe that last...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
29 Mar 2021
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Are day visits to private caravans on restricted premises permitted in England under the 'Steps' regs before Step 2?
Can anyone confirm if a caravan owner or owner of a second home is able to day visit their property/ caravan to carry out cleaning or other maintenance in preparation for occupation at Step 2...
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Jan Bostock
Last updated:
29 Mar 2021
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Promoted Content: Becoming Agile: An international festival of learning
The Henley Forum Annual Conference 2021 - Becoming Agile: An international festival of learning Conference dates: 26-29 April 2021 Fringe sessions: 21 April & 5 May 2021 It's been a...
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KHUB Focus
Last updated:
25 Mar 2021
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Lead Exposure in Children in England
Hello all and welcome to the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Community of Practice (CoP) on Knowledge Hub. The work shown in this CoP is managed by the Environmental Epidemiology...
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Neelam Iqbal
Last updated:
08 Apr 2021
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Sponsored content: MicroDrainage Customer Support Specialist
The ideal candidate would have worked as a MicroDrainage user either as a designer for a consultant civil engineer, house builder or similar, or as an auditor for a local authority. All support...
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KHUB Focus
Last updated:
22 Mar 2021
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Changing your mind
The willingness to change your mind is a good quality in a leader as long as they don’t do it too often. Change it too often and you’re a nightmare to work for, never change it and you’re a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
15 Mar 2021
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This is not America
This is not America. I am not an American. I am not anti Americans just their business/management culture. The business schools, the MBA courses, the case studies and the language, the ...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
08 Mar 2021
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The Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS)
Hello all and welcome to the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Community of Practice (CoP) on Knowledge Hub. The work shown in this CoP is managed by the Environmental Epidemiology...
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Neelam Iqbal
Last updated:
25 Feb 2021
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Some of the least effective managers are also the busiest
Either because they don’t delegate appropriately or find it too difficult to prioritise but mostly because they attend the wrong meetings. They attend meeting based on whose chairing rather...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
14 Apr 2021
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How to keep your group engaged with a virtual event
COVID-19 has made a dramatic impact on conferences and in-person events being cancelled to protect people and "flatten the curve" of this virus, which is the right thing to do. As we...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
25 Feb 2021
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ZAP! WHACK! BIFF! BAM! BOFF!
The new Batman will be black DC comics has revealed. Can he do for your organisation what he is going to do for Gotham City? Or will it be Wonder Woman who returns to save the day? Does...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
16 Feb 2021
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A CDO chat with Kit Collingwood
As part of an occasional series, here’s a video of a conversation I had today with Kit Collingwood, Deputy Director for Digital and Customer Services at the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Kit...
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Dave Briggs
Last updated:
16 Feb 2021
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Bridgerton
It’s trending. It’s on t.v. It’s about the life’s and loves of the aristocracy in Regency England. So what’s it got to do with diversity and inclusion in your organisation? Bridgerton a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
29 Jan 2021
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Welcome to EPHT
Hello all and welcome to the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Community of Practice (CoP) on Knowledge Hub. The work shown in this CoP is managed by the Environmental...
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Neelam Iqbal
Last updated:
29 Jan 2021
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This is muscular management
The macho leadership style, the emphasis on competition rather than cooperation, the focus on cost/efficiency, the obsession with numbers (measurement and data ) the belief that the end...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
10 May 2022
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Digging Managers out of holes
Wisdom is the greatest quality a manager can have. The trouble is it is not easily or quickly gained. It comes over time from experience. For the inexperienced manager help is on offer...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
08 Jan 2021
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