Monthly Archives: July 2011
The one with a game changer on entrepreneurs
There are some very smart people around….and thanks to the joy of the internet (specifically YouTube and Twitter in this case) we get quick and easy access to their thinking. Not that trawling through indexes in a reference library isn’t … Continue reading
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The one with a rant about business partners
Back in the days when I did my CIPD qualification (a long time ago – the best grade in GCSE was still an A and newspaper retained Investigators were still going through bins) the phrase everyone was espousing was “HR … Continue reading
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The one with a battle not a war
For at least the past decade discussion has abounded about the war for talent. When I first interviewed for an HR job a friend who is a Senior HR practitioner told me to avoid using the phrase as it would … Continue reading
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The one where I scare myself on purpose
So you all remember the Baz Luhrmann song “Everybody’s free to wear sunscreen”? The one that starts “Ladies & Gentlemen of the class of ’97, wear sunscreen”. Good. Awesome, isn’t it? The words are taken from a column published in … Continue reading
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The one where you don’t get what you want
For those of you who know me, you may well know that I do a weekly show on a hospital radio station near to my home. It’s every Sunday night and I have the privilege of doing it with a … Continue reading
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The one where it’s in your name
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Actually about a year ago in an office about 20 miles from where I am sat, I had a problem with my laptop at work. I had just returned from … Continue reading
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