All articles by Blair McPherson – Page 10
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The issue of heterosexual discrimination
Issues of discrimination around employees’ sexuality can be common - but can organisation leaders make heterosexual employees feel uncomfortable?
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Profit and loss in the 'new' public sector
It is very clear now that the new public sector is going to look very different to the old public sector.
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Don't presume that racism is no longer a problem
Racism has been top of the news agenda again in recent days thanks to the conviction of Stephen Lawrence’s murderers, but how far have things really moved on?
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Abuse and negelect: what 2011 will be remembered for
The year started badly with ombudsman Ann Abraham’s damning report into elderly person’s care; then the Winterbourne View abuse case made things a lot worse. 2011 never really recovered as the image of neglect in the NHS sharpened. Will 2012 be any better?
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Pointing the finger
Pointing the finger of blame at one individual is often convenient for a lot or people, but
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Is community care, as we know it, dead?
Reports of the death of community care have not been exaggerated.
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When is whistleblowing not whistleblowing?
I was recently surprised to hear an NHS board member described as a whistleblower, given their position and power.
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The strikes don't mean staff don't like doing their job
Generally across the public sector, staff remain committed to providing a high standard of service to the client or end user. Keeping morale high should be a line manager’s priority in a time of organisational cuts and structure changes.
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When customer care alone is not enough
Apparantly the saviour of public sector finances is better customer care. Is that really enough? Please hold while I connect you to an advisor.
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Macho macho management
Three quarters of the NHS workforce is female, half of GPs are women but commissioning is man’s work, according to workforce figures. Is this consciously unfair, or a simple by-product of the current climate?
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Dancing with the devil? Exorcism in the NHS
A blog about the revelation that the NHS uses exorcism as an alternative form of treatment for some mental health patients.
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A shocking indictment of corporate management culture
A documentary on Gatwick Airport produced an eyebrow-raising insight into private secotor management culture.
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Why can’t health and social care services get it together?
Everyone is talking about integration, but why haven’t we got it together yet?
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In the drive for equality, culture eats strategy for breakfast
Even the best laid strategies sometimes fall short of achieving their goals. With an issue like equality, cultural changes are just as important as putting official plans in place.
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It's time to talk about values
The public sector’s values have become aligned in recent times to those of the private sector. It’s time to get back to what the public sector should stand for: doing the right thing.
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Is the public sector running out of ideas?
The changing role of chief executive’s requires a change in approach. But do the demands on management team leave them no room to manoeuvre?
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Say no to 'yes' men and women
As the Liberal Democrat conference draws to a close, opposition ministers have again targeted Nick Clegg for reneging on party policies and ‘selling out’ in forming the Tory-Lib Dem coalition. Can he ever be more than a “yes man”?
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Leaders lack confidence in the changes they've been asked to make
Transforming the public sector on the scale the government requires was always going to be difficult. The success looks more difficult still as the majority of leaders in the public sector have no confidence in the changes they’ve been asked to make.
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Apple of the eye? Why leaders should never be seen as indispensible
The announcement last month that Steve Jobs was stepping down as chief executive of Apple prompted discussion about whether it is good for a company to be so identified with one individual.
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Don't make me think...
Telling people what to think and making people think are very different, and often bring different outcomes. But how do the approaches compare when it comes to disability?