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The RLSS Surrey Branch (www.life-saving.net)

The South Central Ambulance NHS Trust League of Friends (www.ambulancefriends.org.uk)
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Was Marshall Field really all that wrong?

I have learned something today. According to a debate on another social networking platform, apparently, if a customer wants something that is beyond their full understanding, then if they fail to learn enough to be able to explain to the person who is going to supply that thing what it is they want, then … / continued

Calling a halt to mindless change - 13 years on, have we learnt the lesson yet?

It was a sad day this week, when I learnt of the death of an old colleague, John Macdonald. This isn’t an obituary, there are times and places for those, but I would like to reflect on one of his key messages.

In ‘retirement’, John was an author and speaker, and it was as … / continued

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - What are WE going to do?

CSR is not a new phenomenon, although it has experienced a renaissance in the last decade after 20 years in which it had largely been ignored. The importance of CSR, and the manner in which society regulates corporate behaviour is illustrated with two historical examples from Anglo-Indian history. Today, CSR is described as having … / continued

Business Book of the Week : The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov

Belarus-born researcher and blogger, Evgeny Morozov, works on the political effects of the internet. He is skeptical about the Internet’s ability to provoke change in authoritarian regimes. He points out that the internet is used as a powerful tool to sustain authoritarian regimes and promote extreme nationalist views.

Morozov is currently visiting scholar at … / continued

Business Book of the Week : The Khan Academy (12/03/2011)

“With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time. I can’t imagine a better use of my time.”

Salman Khan – founder of the Khan Academy

The history

In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in mathematics over the internet using Yahoo!’s … / continued

After greed, is the relentless pursuit of efficiency as damaging?

I’ve been engaged in dialogue with someone on a forum dedicated to helping people find work. In the course of it, I began to expound my own perspective on the current economic, political and social climate and my frustrations at the current political answers. I don’t offer this for comment especially, but as a … / continued

What exactly is a 'rapporteur'?

A few of my clients and colleagues have asked, from time-to-time, about the side of my work that I describe as being a ‘rapporteur’. Sitting in my hotel room waiting for a flight home, I thought I’d share the story and outcome of one quite straightforward example.

This didn’t involve much of the political … / continued

Ten ways for senior executives to get ahead by managing themselves

These notes began life five years ago. They reflect the issues that my leadership coaching clients (and their peers or bosses) see as holding them back. They also address the stumbling blocks that HR Directors frequently encounter when considering otherwise exceptional senior executives for promotion.

Managing your career is not something you only do … / continued

Likeability and Trustworthiness key to Board appointments

Speaking to an audience of key European and Asian business leaders, in Lisbon, Portugal, recently, Professor Colin Coulson-Thomas, warned them not to assume that directors and boards are competent, effective or that they are going to add value to the business.

Coulson-Thomas, who is the author of many books including “Winning Companies: Winning People … / continued

BBOTW - Drive - The surprising truth about what motivates us

Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us

I had one of those surreal conversations with someone yesterday. They insisted that they got the best performance out of their salesforce by offering them a very high proportion of their salary in a performance related bonus. They are SO convinced that this is the … / continued