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		<title>Leadership Development – the Challenge of the Decade</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/08/11/leadership-development-%e2%80%93-the-challenge-of-the-decade-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 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 the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS ‘reforms’ likened to a ‘curate’s egg’</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/08/02/nhs-%e2%80%98reforms%e2%80%99-likened-to-a-%e2%80%98curate%e2%80%99s-egg%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposed changes to the NHS, which have implications for all staff, including those engaged in HR, staff training and leadership development, have been likened to a ‘curate’s egg’ by BMA Council Chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum.
Dr Meldrum uses the phrase in a letter to doctors and medical students in the wake of the health White Paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for the dust to settle in the NHS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the NHS really need the so-called reforms set out by the government in the recent White Paper ?
‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.’ And as far as I can see the NHS ain’t broke. Yes, of course you can make improvements – just as you can to anything else, including the way the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do we need – basic skills or higher level skills?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Training: does the country need more people with basic skills – or do we need more people with higher-level skills? That’s the debate that has re-surfaced following the publication of the government’s consultation document Skills for Sustainable Growth last Thursday.
The CBI and NIACE have welcomed the consultation. The British Chambers of Commerce say that while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIPD in the firing line over quangos error</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning and development body under fire: there must be a few red faces at the CIPD – which until now has tended to be regarded as the leading authority in its field – following publication of its report on quangos which is wildly inaccurate and has angered a lot of people.
 So serious are the errors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More evidence that holidays cause stress</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/07/23/more-evidence-that-holidays-cause-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking holidays is not a good idea. At least, that could be one of the conclusions we might draw from research by the Institute of Leadership &#38; Management (ILM) which claims that 40 per cent of us feel more stressed when we return from leave.
The research, conducted among almost 2,500 UK managers also reveals over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pip Pip &#8211; It’s National Cherry Day</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/07/17/pip-pip-it%e2%80%99s-national-cherry-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning: did you know that today is National Cherry Day?  Thought not; I only found out by chance.
Apparently, according to a government press release, during the 20th century we lost 90 per cent of our cherry orchards. The good news is that in the last few years we have begun to plant some new ones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now it&#8217;s awards for stress!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/07/08/now-its-awards-for-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not quite.  In fact a new award scheme has been launched to recognise the UK’s best organisations when it comes to beating stress in the workplace. 
The National Stress Management Awards are the brainchild of the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) which says they will ‘celebrate successful stress management policies and promote best practice in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More organisations focusing on developing talent in-house</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/06/17/more-organisations-focusing-on-developing-talent-in-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time was when if you needed more expertise you simply recruited. But a new survey shows that those days are over, thanks to the recession and its aftermath, with two thirds of organisations saying they are focusing on developing talent in-house.
According to the findings of the latest Resourcing and Talent Planning survey from the CIPD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS in the firing line again over poor data security</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/06/15/nhs-in-the-firing-line-again-over-poor-data-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that the NHS is so bad at keeping a secure grip on personal information? Once again the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that two NHS bodies have breached the Data Protection Act.
This time it is NHS Stoke-on-Trent and Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust  who are in trouble, resulting in [...]]]></description>
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