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Two shock stories in the national press today highlight the push-me-pull-you nature of management in these straitened times. First there was the CIPD survey, which revealed that a third of workers are concerned they might lose their jobs and that managers need to show true leadership to overcome this level of demotivation. Apparently, staff are working...

Can you imagine anything more cringe-inducing that a bunch of lawyers singing opera? But that didn't stop magic circle law firm Allen & Overy staging a production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at Glyndebourne Opera House earlier this month. The cast and orchestra was composed of mainly Allen & Overy employees and alumni, and the performance...

Disciple Kevin emails and suggests the following method could be a way to save cash on expensive employee assessment programmes. Put 400 bricks in a closed room Put your new employees in the room and close the door Leave them alone and come back after six hours Then analyse the situation If they are counting the bricks, put them in the Accounting Department...

Disciple Joan contacted Guru after spotting this gem of a story about an innovative way of informing your workforce of redundancies, courtesy of a Singapore-based company. No doubt the scheme was masterminded by the HR director... A fire alarm rings at 4pm when almost all shift employees are in the office - approximately 5,000 people. As usual, the...

Good to see the HR team at Tameside Council in Greater Manchester really adding value. Guru received a press release about the council encouraging its staff to get some fresh air at lunchtimes with the launch of 'Urbanwalks'. The six walks start from the council's offices with each employee receiving a leaflet containing maps along with...