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		<title>Christmas party or not? Bah humbug!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/christmas-party-or-not-bah-humbug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having an office or works Christmas party this week? If so, what’s the company policy and what is regarded as acceptable behaviour?
Research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, (CIPD) quoted in The Guardian’s Workblog,  suggests 10% of workers know of a colleague who has either been disciplined or dismissed for inappropriate behaviour at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£250 Million available for training?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/14/250-million-available-for-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the Prime Minister went on record promising £250 million to fund employer-led training programmes. But was he over-promising and will he be under-delivering?
Perhaps I&#8217;m too cynical, but how often do we hear politicians make speeches and then the reality is very different to the rhetoric?
Undeterred, the CIPD is urging employers to seize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Golden Bull Awards Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/09/its-golden-bull-awards-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/09/its-golden-bull-awards-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business jargon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plain English]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention all civil servants, local government employees &#8211; and business gobbledygook speakers &#8211; today is a day especially for you – Plain English Day.
Yes, today&#8217;s the day when the Plain English Campaign announces the short-listed entrants for its awards including the Golden Bull and Foot in Mouth.
The Campaign has been around for more than 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to get ahead? Then do nothing about it!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/11/17/want-to-get-ahead-then-do-nothing-about-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/11/17/want-to-get-ahead-then-do-nothing-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[career progression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional qualifications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent a lot of time with people who have used their own time and money to learn new skills and gain qualifications to help them progress. Yet it seems that many employees who are not satisfied with their career progression won’t do anything to help themselves.
Some 42 per cent of the 2,000 people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are YOU an effective manager?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/11/11/are-you-an-effective-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inefficient managers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your are? That&#8217;s good, because you are not contributing to the ineffective management that could be costing British business over £19 billion a year.
I always love it when figures like that are bounced around. 19 billion! But that&#8217;s apparently the annual cost of lost working hours according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
The figure is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More good leaders urgently needed in industry and commerce</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/11/01/good-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that businesses need good leaders if they are to thrive in today’s difficult economic conditions, and we at Fuse Learning are frequently asked by clients about leadership development skills. And not before time, if a new survey is anything to go by, as it underlines the fact that there is an overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS in hot water with the Info Commissioner – as ever</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/28/nhs-in-hot-water-with-the-info-commissioner-%e2%80%93-as-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/28/nhs-in-hot-water-with-the-info-commissioner-%e2%80%93-as-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As sure as winter follows autumn, we can be sure that despite so many warnings and words of advice, someone somewhere or other in the NHS is going to fall foul of the Data Protection Act.
This month&#8217;s candidates for naming and shaming by the Information Commissioner are: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust; the University Hospitals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you really check those references and qualifications?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/do-you-really-check-those-references-and-qualifications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/do-you-really-check-those-references-and-qualifications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone applies for a job with you, do you always check their references and qualifications? You do? Then good for you. But not everyone does, so it seems.
On Monday a man who posed for years as a qualified doctor was jailed for 27 months, including 18 months for receiving what is still quaintly called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Development – the Challenge of the Decade</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/11/leadership-development-%e2%80%93-the-challenge-of-the-decade-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/11/leadership-development-%e2%80%93-the-challenge-of-the-decade-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As never before, the challenge facing both the private and public sectors as we emerge slowly from recession is leadership.  A good leader has the ability not only to lead, but also to inspire and empower others.
Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin &#38; Associates, said earlier this year that leadership development is ‘pretty much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stress now top of the list for long-term absence</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/06/stress-now-top-of-the-list-for-long-term-absence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling stressed? Then you are not alone; stress is now the prime cause of long-term absence from work among both manual and non-manual workers, according to new findings.
We can all feel stressed at times – I suppose it&#8217;s part of the price we pay for our hectic lifestyles – but for it to overtake musculoskeletal [...]]]></description>
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