Another in the occasional series where I vent a little. Read your policy; does it really describe what you want to happen? Data is there to help. Use it. Read your policy; is it just there to stop stuff happening? Managers manage – HR supports. If someone is underperforming support the manager to manage. Read… Read More What grinds my gears – HR
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That’s one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.… Read More Who cheers for you?
I saw a tweet on my timeline the other week linking to a story on the BBC website which piqued my interest. In the past I might have noted it and thought about how we might try something similar. This has changed now in the new social age as agility and informal approaches rise to the fore. I… Read More Just what is social?
I’ve recently noticed that the topic of fairness has popped up a bit in my life. Some incidents have been closer to home than others and there seems to have been a little more dialogue recently about what it means to be fair. I live in Waltham Forest which has become a battleground over the development… Read More Fair enough
I used to work in for the fire brigade but I didn’t ever put out fires. People would still make suggestive comments about uniforms, poles and helmets. Really? I used to work as a butcher and my girlfriend at the time was a vegetarian. ‘How does that work then?’ people would ask. They seemed to assume… Read More Really?
Lost and Desperate 