Watch out for the snakes…
…climb up the ladders, avoid the pitfalls, break through the glass ceilings, and jump over the barricades to get to the top of the greasy pole! That is exactly what 100 of the best organisations from across the UK, have done in the last 12 months. Yes, it’s that time of year when we have […]
Busy, busy, busy, I’m too important …er… I mean busy…(to be respectful)
I once read a very interesting article on LinkedIn about someone whose family had made it their aim, to bring down to earth any relative who utters the absolutely overused and abused phrase “I’m busy”. Larry Hirst, the former CEO of IBM, UK, Ireland and South Africa back in 2005, oversaw 22,000 staff at the […]
A Valentine’s Day present for Ireland
Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and passion, so to celebrate our love and passion for what we do, we are launching the Irish Centre for Diversity. The Irish Centre for Diversity’s aim is to work in partnership with organisations of all types and sizes from across Ireland; to help them to embed […]
The burning questions that leaders should be asking themselves today
Before we come to the questions, imagine this…You are at work. The vast majority of people around you are happy, engaged, motivated and they make you feel good about yourself – even in the Post ‘Brexit’ and ‘Trumpit’ era. The reality is that many UK organisations are not like that. There will be some of […]
5 reasons why it’s so great to come back to work after Christmas
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘New Year, New You’, but in the two weeks after Christmas, many of us get hit with the post-Christmas blues, and it gets harder to stick to our New Year resolutions. Here is our list of top 5 positive reasons why it’s so great to come back to work after […]
Highways England outperforms Police in Hate Crime Investigation
“F..off, you F.. P.ki” were the words used by a construction worker towards me, sparking a complaint and subsequent ‘investigation’ by the Police and Highways England. The word investigation is in inverted commas because that was what I thought the Police were doing. As it turns out, I’m not so sure now. I had previously […]
The problem with how we see mental health
It was good to hear our Prime Minister speaking about mental health earlier this week, in between fielding questions about the “humanitarian crisis”, which the Red Cross says is unfolding within our NHS. Many have suggested that Mrs May does have a point when she suggests that it is unhelpful to talk in “overblown” terms […]
Stay optimistic for 2017 – exciting times are ahead for you
Happy New Year to you all, from the NCFD Family! Many people that I have met recently were happy to see the back of 2016; what with the incessant bad news at home and abroad, negative campaigning (Brexit and US elections) and on top of all that we had the apocalyptic post-Brexit predictions for an […]
The Casey Review – Give me a break
Another week, another expensive official report this time by Dame Louise Casey. What were the earth-shattering conclusions that casual readers could draw from this report? Well, the main ones that people have spoken to me about are that firstly apparently British Muslim communities are segregated – Wow! But hang on we knew that from the […]