All Blogs articles – Page 17
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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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Two days, 52 TFAs?
Two working days to go until the end of September and one of the trusts HSJ reported was too small to go it alone has announced its decision.
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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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How long does it take to do 100 minutes' work?
There are 13,259 over-one-year waiters on the English waiting list. That’s only 100 minutes’ work for the NHS. Why not put an end to excessive waiting times once and for all?
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Creating diversion will improve mental health screening throughout the judicial system
New evidence has shown that rates of mental ill health among offenders connected with probation services are worryingly high. An investment into diversion services can help provide these individuals with vital support services at the earliest opportunity, says Sean Duggan.
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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?
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The upside-down reporting of NHS waiting times
When waiting times improve, the papers say they got worse. A closer look at the numbers shows why.
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Leadership: not as dangerous as some might make out
The claim that “leadership is dangerous” needs some context, as the public sector doesn’t necessarily lend itself to all-guns-blazing macho men and women.
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Waiting times steady in June
A detailed analysis of the June 2011 referral-to-treatment waiting time figures.
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If bullying doesn't bother staff, why are so many absent?
Two articles published on HSJ.co.uk: one on bullying, the other on absenteeism. Surely I can’t be the only one putting two and two together…
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Trying to force equality in leadership is an unbalanced approach
The NHS breakthrough programme of putting a small number - around 60 - of black and minority ethnic managers through a leadership programme and hoping this will result in more BME senior managers isn’t working. It was a little naive to think it would.
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Survival of the fittest: will social enterprises thrive in the new world?
How will an NHS opening up to “any qualified provider” fit into the government’s Big Society vision? King’s Fund senior research fellow Rachael Addicott looks at whether social enterprises can make the impression the government hopes for in the healthcare sector.
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What happens when pleasing the boss goes too far?
Managers who surround themselves with “Yes Men” are even harder to please when the answer should be “no”…
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The trouble with PTLs
When things get difficult, trusts often use PTLs to achieve their waiting time targets. But PTLs have unintended consequences.
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Changing behaviour needs more than a 'nudge'
Politicians and leadership like “nudge theory” - the idea that a “nudge” in the right direction can inspire behaviour change at a large level. But does it work?
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Pressure? Andrew 'Chopper' Lansley isn't feeling it
Andrew Lansley might have News International to thank for a relatively pressure-free few days - he certainly didn’t appear to be unduly worried during his latest press spot.
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Is your organisation accepting the unacceptable? Challenging 'ethical fading'
They call it “ethical fading”. You and I call it going along with something you know is wrong.
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Your flight has been cancelled (by your employer)
When staff shortages mean organisations cancel their employees’ holidays, there are bound to be issues with people management.