June 11, 2019
Lessons from staying in the middle
May 23, 2019
Taking a Long Look at Yourself…
One of the disciplines that underpins mediation is the benefit that comes from reflecting on how a recent process has run. But it’s a habit that can have much wider benefits. How well prepared was I? What went well, that I might want to repeat? Is there anything that I can learn and improve for […]
Continue reading... April 17, 2019
Reflections from Tbilisi
I spent the second week of April in Tbilisi, Georgia, delivering training on Conciliation of Collective Labour Disputes*. As with all training courses, and journeys to other countries, I learnt a huge amount from the trip, so I thought I’d reflect on the key points through this blog-post. Vocabulary I’ve had numerous conversations in recent […]
Continue reading... January 31, 2019
To mediate, or not to mediate, that is the question
Mediation has been around for a long time, and has been used very successfully in many, many situations. Despite that, many employers have been slow to adopt mediation as an approach, often reluctant to put it in place early enough to prevent some situations becoming intractable. Indeed, it seems to be seen as an option […]
Continue reading... October 16, 2018
Putting Mental Health in its Proper Workplace…
Last Wednesday was World Mental Health Day 2018. The day aims to raise awareness of mental health and the issues around it, particularly those that arise from mental ILL-health. I even put out a post on LinkedIn to publicise it, asking followers of my posts “are you going to do anything to mark it?”. At […]
Continue reading... July 17, 2018
A record year for strikes
The Office of National Statistics has recently published its latest figures around industrial disputes, one of the highlights being the record low number of days lost to strikes, with a similar low for other forms of industrial action. So, does this trumpet the success of the Trade Union Act 2016? In short, no. To those […]
Continue reading... June 5, 2018
Business lessons from the ridge
This time last week I had just completed a traverse of the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye. Having returned to ‘normality’ and processed some of the reactions I had during the 32 hours we were on the mountains, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on how this relates to my work. This […]
Continue reading... April 23, 2018
Are you dying to go home?
28 April each year is International Workers’ Memorial Day (#IWMD18 #IWMD2018) so, for 2018, it falls on Saturday. It’s hard to believe that the world of work is still so dangerous. Many of us underestimate the risk of the things we do each day. How many people in the UK treat driving along the road as the […]
Continue reading... March 8, 2018
International Women’s Day – is it needed?
Today is International Women’s Day, so I thought it was timely to reflect on perceptions of women’s place in UK society, and ask the question: International Women’s Day – is it needed? A recent survey published by Sky News suggested a majority of Britons think feminism has gone far enough. But has it? There are clear […]
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