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Should we really expect to retire at 65?
Public sector pensions are being cut and the state retirement age is slowly but surely being pushed towards seventy. Many people are outraged by all this but is it reasonable, now, to expect to retire at 65? Most of us have … Continue reading →...
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30 Nov 2011 11:17 AM
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In defence of ‘but’
Jon Weedon doesn’t like it when people say “but”. I can’t think of a single word in the English language that pisses me off more than the word “but”. There’s no other word quite like it for sucking the positivity … Continue reading...
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29 Nov 2011 9:32 AM
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The disappearing thirtysomething gender pay gap
The ONS published its 2011 data on the gender pay gap last week. The figures show the continuing gradual reduction of the gap between women’s and men’s pay. Much of the discussion has focused on the opening up of a … Continue reading...
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28 Nov 2011 11:04 AM
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Will employment law changes encourage people to tackle poor performance?
Some people, especially employment lawyers, are getting excited about “the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades“. (Shouldn’t that be “of the employment law system”?) But, as Croner’s Paul Clarke...
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25 Nov 2011 11:52 AM
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Manners and calculated rudeness can be devastating weapons
Damian Thompson wrote an extraordinary piece in the Telegraph this weekend about David Cameron’s manners. [T]o put it bluntly, Dave is rude. More specifically, he exhibits the calculated rudeness of people with very nice manners. That isn’t a contradiction...
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It’s not just here – income inequality is rising across the OECD
Executive pay is in the news again as the High Pay Commission warns of its corrosive impact on the UK economy. Those who defend such high pay levels argue that international competition is driving up the going rate for senior executives … Continue...
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22 Nov 2011 11:26 AM
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It’s not just Britain – income inequality is rising across the OECD
Executive pay is in the news again as the High Pay Commission warns of its corrosive impact on the UK economy. Those who defend such high pay levels argue that international competition is driving up the going rate for senior executives … Continue...
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Murdoch let off by MPs’ lack of forensic rigour
Professor John Cooper was not impressed by the MPs’ questioning of James Murdoch. “Sorely lacking in forensic rigour,” he said, “the culture, media and sport select committee resumed its cross-examination of Murdoch – and they...
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Friday poetry – Doubt Wisely
Reflecting on Monday’s post, and on management overconfidence generally, I remembered that I had blogged on a similar theme before. How do you maintain the aura of confidence that people want in their leaders when all you have is questions? When...
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The integrated Eurozone – a ‘pre-meet’ writ large
Historian EP Thompson remarked on our tendency to see history as a series of events which lead up to the present, and our own time, therefore, as the end of the story. So, for example, we say that capitalism eventually … Continue reading →...
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17 Nov 2011 11:15 AM
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The great local government fire sale
Patrick Butler reports on the frantic rush to outsource local government services. Both he and I saw this coming some time ago. When councils have to cut so much so fast, an obvious way of doing it is to look … Continue reading → Read More...
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16 Nov 2011 11:15 AM
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A few helpful mind-tricks do not explain the world
At some point in their careers, most people at senior levels in medium to large organisations come across motivational speakers and self-help gurus. Everyday questions about leadership, talent management, performance and motivation can be drawn, via the...
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15 Nov 2011 8:47 AM
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The business celebs are clueless too
There’s a lot of inane (and sometimes insane) rubbish on Twitter. 140 characters is rarely enough to say anything meaningful. Occasionally, though, someone puts something out there which just says it all. Alex Bath stopped blogging years ago and...
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14 Nov 2011 10:03 AM
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Brodie Clark will probably win his case – but we still won’t know what happened
Whatever the truth behind the row between Theresa May and former Border Agency boss Brodie Clark, it is unlikely to come out in the constructive dismissal case Mr Clark is bringing against the government. The Home Secretary’s behaviour is probably...
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10 Nov 2011 3:20 PM
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Will the removal of employment rights see a rise in union membership?
It seems that the government wil implement Adrian Beecroft’s recommendations in some form (see previous post) and remove or reduce the right to claim unfair dismissal. Conservatives are keen on the idea and, according to the FT, want to do a deal...
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