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As I have mentioned before I am an obeyer of rules. On my flights last week I listened to the safety briefing from the cabin crew and I read the safety leaflet “in the seat pocket in front of me” because the Captain said I should. I expect that if airlines ever get to the stage […]

In discussions with my colleagues at Napier University this afternoon we got onto the subject of employee engagement to be included in a project  on developing new managers. Then I found this interesting article in HR Zone.
But it was one of the comments that really caught my eye. The story in the post is about how a […]

In my previous post I mentioned that I was writing it in the local library in the main town in Shetland, Lerwick   and that i would then head for the airport to fly home to Edinburgh. That was at about 11.30 on Thursday 29th May ( that piece of information is important).
Over the previous week I […]

I met up with former colleagues that I haven’t seen for a while . As is usually the case we got talking about our various offspring and what they are up to now. Compared to them I had my babies really young as they all still had kids in school. We started to chat about how […]

What do you think? Great idea? Or are you doubtful.
OK, I am playing with you here. I know this works. I have been involved  as a coach with Space Unlimited for about 3 years now . The young people I have worked with have risen to any challenge set. Their ideas have been great - […]

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