Are YOU an effective manager?

November 11, 2011

Your are? That’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’s apparently the annual cost of lost working hours according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
The figure is [...]

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More good leaders urgently needed in industry and commerce

November 1, 2011

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 [...]

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NHS in hot water with the Info Commissioner – as ever

October 28, 2011

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’s candidates for naming and shaming by the Information Commissioner are: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust; the University Hospitals [...]

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Do you really check those references and qualifications?

October 25, 2011

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 [...]

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Leadership Development – the Challenge of the Decade

October 11, 2011

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 & Associates, said earlier this year that leadership development is ‘pretty much [...]

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Stress now top of the list for long-term absence

October 6, 2011

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’s part of the price we pay for our hectic lifestyles – but for it to overtake musculoskeletal [...]

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Coaching and mentoring holding their own in a difficult environment

September 21, 2011

There’s a popular idea that when times are tough one of the first things to suffer is learning and development. But while budgets may be tight, coaching is continuing to develop within organisations, a new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) confirms.
Despite the gloom and doom, 70 per cent of organisations [...]

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Work-life balance – what’s that?

September 14, 2011

Work-life balance is one of those phrases that have been bandied-about for quite a while, but it seems that some employers may be doing little more than paying lip-service to the idea.
The latest international WorldatWork survey shows while over 80 per cent of employers say they support that over half of managers family-friendly workplaces, the [...]

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Basic skills versus migrant workers issue won’t go away

September 3, 2011

A week or so ago a CIPD survey linked the growth in employment of migrant workers with that of the lack of basic skills among school leavers. Now David Frost, the outgoing head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has joined in the discussion, with a call to the government to help businesses employ [...]

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School leavers ‘unemployable’ so migrant workers fill the gap

August 24, 2011

It never ceases to amaze me that some children can go though 10 or more years of formal education and yet leave without employability skills. But once again a report has drawn attention to this appalling situation.  Perhaps it’s little wonder that some employers prefer to take on migrant workers.
My rant stems from new research [...]

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