I can never quite remember what the right phrase is… if you use Twitter, are you a twit? Somehow I think not! However, I was intrigued to read about the furore that’s exploded recently about the NHS in the good ol’ US of A. Essentially the situation is this… Barack Obama wants to reform...
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The Devil’s Deal
Brilliant, aggressive, flawed are words which only begin to describe the hero and the villain of Richard Lambert’s first brilliant novel. Weaving his extensive business experience into the story you are led through the exciting world of small company finance in a masterful way.
Calm Down Dave
In 2010 David Cameron lost an election which, according to the author, "he should have won hands down"
In 'Calm Down Dave' Tony Drury provides overwhelming evidence for his reservations about the Cameron led 'liberal lurch' of the Conservative Party.
Personnel
I’m not old …
At Enterprise Britain we know that the weight of paperwork is almost unbearable… I know my back is breaking under the mountain we have to complete. That’s why we’re pretty vociferous whenever we get the chance about stupid, idiotic and largely unnecessary legislation. And then some eejit goes and blows all out hard work....
Coach or Crutch?
I am a great believer in coaching and I would even call myself a coach having done a fair bit of it with various people and organisations. But I was most surprised (and annoyed, although there’s no surprise there) when I was called in to a business to coach its top team after we...
Let’s all sue
The CIPD has recently conducted a survey about sickness at work. It concluded that the average amount of sickness a person takes every year has fallen from 8 to 7.4 days. It also concludes that the average cost of a period of absence has increased from £666 to £692. This is a loss of...
Tampons and tissues
As a Fellow of the CIPD I’m an avid reader of the in-house magazine, People Management. Mostly because I’m diligent, but often because I can’t sleep. It drives me nuts to read about what ‘HR people’ are up to in organisations. Richard Lambert wrote a blog a while ago based around a question: if...
Let’s all sue!
I was reading the latest copy of People Management magazine, partly because I’m a dutiful Fellow of the Institute and partly because I couldn’t sleep. As I was reading, it struck me how ridiculous HR has become and that we need to restore a level of balance to the way employers and employees work...
Talent and redundancy
Da na, Da na, da da der da da. Yes, you guessed it… it’s the theme tune from The Sweeney. Any minute now a copper brown Ford Consul will jump over a ramp and through a couple of empty cardboard boxes, thoughtfully left by a slag. Because we are back in the 70s. But...
A job offer?
My friend got himself into trouble recently when he was recruiting a new person to his team. To be honest, though, it wasn’t really his fault and I was wondering how many of us have made the same mistake… I know I have and I still have to zip my mouth shut sometimes. Here’s...
The pendulum swings
There’s been this pendulum effect going on for years. Fifteen years ago (let’s say) the pendulum was firmly on the side of the employer – hiring and firing was easier and it was up to the employee to prove any accusation of wrong doing. I’m all for fairness in the workplace… no, really I...
Time in the Priory Clinic… with Susan Boyle
We know Susan Boyle can sing… second place on the hotbed that is Britain’s Got Talent proves it. But there were clearly some issues not related to her singing which, sadly, resulted in Susan spending time in the Priory Clinic. Okay, so what has Britain’s Got Talent got to do with Human Resources? There...
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Goodbye Dave
Tony Drury's first book in the trilogy about the new direction of the Conservative Party, where Tony reveals his very personal reasons for leaving the party after 30 years of dedicated service to it.
In his own unique way Tony is able to capture the mood of many in the party and he has had the courage to put it in print. Along the way he adds many fascinating experiences and anecdotes.
"Goodbye Dave" is a 'must read' for anyone with any political interest.
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