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Putting equality to the sword

Guru welcomes the news that the government is to review the very existence of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, or should that be the Commission for Equality and Human Rights... or is that the Rights and Human Equality Commission? The investigation is taking place not just because the Natural Tories TM don't want anything like equal rights...

Published 30 Mar 2011 10:09 AM by Guru

Filed under: equality, diversity, review, commission for equality and human rights, human rights, rights, trevor phillips
Budget for growth sows seeds of union revival

As the dust settles on the Budget announcement, Guru would like to applaud the chancellor's efforts to make life easier for small businesses. However, there is an elephant in the room - and it's in the shape of an unsightly dinosaur. Being small-minded, George Osborne quickly grasped the nettle that is the thorny problem of how to promote growth...

Published 25 Mar 2011 8:28 AM by Guru

Filed under: equality, discrimination, trade unions, human resources, employee relations, employment law, flexible working, unions, dinosaurs, george osborne, budget, employment rights, thatcher
Record-breaking bullies sunk by SpongeBob jibes

News in The Metro that a worker has been awarded £141,000 for allegedly sounding like TV broadcasting legend SpongeBob Squarepants came as quite a big shock to Yours Truly. Not because of the size of the payout. Nor because of the fact that someone could be bullied for sounding like a cartoon character. No, Guru was astonished by the 'fact'...

Published 22 Mar 2011 8:24 AM by Guru

Filed under: discrimination, bullying, axa ppp, harassment, spongebob, squarepants
Older and fatter - we're getting more like the Americans

Guru welcomes the news that residents of the UK are outliving our cousins across the pond for the first time. However, the same story also points out that young Brits are getting fatter and fatter by the minute (by the minute steak more like) and that soon we'll be outgunning the 'fattest nation in the world' - ie, America - and be sitting...

Published 18 Mar 2011 8:10 AM by Guru

Filed under: global, fat, America, USA, unemployment, health, eastern europe, fattest country in the world, young
Is sleep deprivation the key to power struggles?

When prime minister David 'just call me Sir!' Cameron peed on his own doorstep to confirm Yours Truly's theory about poor managers not being created but being born that way - by laying into senior civil servants as the 'enemies of enterprise' - he was merely carrying on a tradition followed by a long, long line of leaders going back...

Published 15 Mar 2011 8:39 PM by Guru

Filed under: gordon brown, david cameron, leadership, sleep, health, war, bad decisions, no sleep, tony blair
Military personnel get weapon to fight inner demons

Not content with taking on the world's tyrants, boldly going where no-one else will dare and generally doing a lot of shooting away from these shores, the British Military has decided expand the fight... to its own inner demons. But the news that the government has funded a 24-hour helpline for military personnel suffering from 'mental issues'...

Published 11 Mar 2011 1:20 PM by Guru

Filed under: HR, army, health, mental health, helpline, airforce, military, navy, personnel, telephone
Women of the world unite... and go on strike

International Women's Day and Yours Truly has been stuck at home doing the washing up and the ironing and polishing every wood surface known to man (or woman). His strict regime has been imposed by Mrs Guru following comments from his Disciples that could not be published on a family blogsite (as the super soaraway Stun might put it), which veered...

Published 8 Mar 2011 9:16 PM by Guru

Filed under: equality, diversity, women, sexism, international women's day
Twin approach to dealing with conflict at work

Exciting news from the CIPD that conflict management is at the 'top of the agenda' is disturbing stuff. Apart from confirming Guru's view that most managers don't know their elbow from their armpits, the fact that they spend an average of 14 days trying to resolve problems by going down a 'formal route' suggests their HR departments...

Published 4 Mar 2011 8:31 AM by Guru

Filed under: employee relations, time management, management, brown envelopes, direct action, disputes, krays, mediation, pay them to go away, romania, twin approach, workplace conflict
Guru-up-my-head App

Technically it's not YOU but dear old Guru, but you get the picture. Read More...

Published 2 Mar 2011 10:56 AM by Guru

Filed under: technology, guru pic
'Man the breeches!' to beat Dick-tator

On the same day that Colin Firth trousered the Oscar for his stammerfest of a role in the King's Speech , David 'just call me Davos' Cameron at last showed his true leadership potential by threatening the Loon of Libya with a 'no-fly zone' . As management strategies go this is an interesting development as, contrary to the line being...

Published 1 Mar 2011 1:34 PM by Guru

Filed under: david cameron, officewear, leadership, employee relations, uniforms, trousers, breeches, Colin Firth, Colonel Gaddafi, Libya, no-fly zone
Fit for purpose? Most managers aren't...

The survey that reveals that UK managers are poor at dealing with underperformance should really come as no shock to anyone working anywhere at all. Apparently managers 'lack confidence' about dealing with poor performers, and, surprise surprise, the main issue is dealing with staff who 'throw sickies' - to use a common, and frankly...

Published 1 Mar 2011 9:10 AM by Guru

Filed under: absence, workers, leadership, managers, liverpool, sickies, manchester, fit notes, ugliness, unconfident managers

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Putting equality to the sword

Budget for growth sows seeds of union revival

Record-breaking bullies sunk by SpongeBob jibes

Older and fatter - we're getting more like the Americans

Is sleep deprivation the key to power struggles?

Military personnel get weapon to fight inner demons

Women of the world unite... and go on strike

Twin approach to dealing with conflict at work

Guru-up-my-head App

'Man the breeches!' to beat Dick-tator

Fit for purpose? Most managers aren't...