By Sonya Welch-Moring A pioneering new coaching programme for black and ethnic minority workers in the public sector is helping to shatter perceptions about the ‘glass ceiling’ and to transform the way that Black and minority ethnic staff think about opportunities for career progression. The author talks here about what inspired her to develop a six-month programme, which has just been entered for a National Training Award.
A warning will be given today that without a balanced and diverse energy supply Wales could be at the mercy of international events, climate change and increased demand and face power cuts and the loss of jobs.A major energy conference organised by the Wales TUC is expected to hear that failure to act now could spell disaster for workers, communities and businesses in Wales as United Kingdom gas and oil stocks diminish.
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The Government is backing a review of the library service that could see the establishment of a single purchasing agency, other streamlining measures and longer opening hours. Currently library services are provided by 149 local authorities.The review recommendations are contained in a report by PKF accountants and business advisors, commissioned by the department of Culture Media and Sport and the Museums and Libraries Association, which looked at the efficiency of public libraries and the way their stocks are suplied.
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This publication from the Home Office sets out the benefits from recognizing
that not all people are the same and that different people have different,
equally valuable skills, experience and knowledge to offer. It describes the
positive effects of building on differences in race, gender, disability,
sexual orientation, faith, and age.
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The British Medical Association says unemployment has become a serious
threat to junior doctors with new figures showing a shortage of training
jobs and intensive competition leaving many junior doctors with no posts to
go to when their contracts end next Tuesday.
This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television
channel for public service modernisation. It reviews the key areas where a
closer working relationship and integration of operations can deliver
improvements. It also looks at the organisational and technical challenges
of integrating business processes, information and systems.
People and projects that are making a positive difference to places in which
they live and work are being invited to enter the Deputy Prime Minister’s
Awards for Sustainable Communities. The call for entries follows the success
of last year’s competition, which was won by the Grange Park Community
Project in Blackpool.
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Local authorities and the Government are being urged to look at alternatives to more road building to tackle Britain’s transport problems. The call comes today from the Campaign to Protect Rural England on the eve of the deadline for councils to submit their five-year transport plans.CPRE says new Government figures show that the cost of new road building has spiralled with the estimates for 96 national and local road schemes having increased since they were first approved and the bill for 39 national road proposals going up by 1.3 billion pounds. It is highlighting statistics that show constructing one mile of motorway costs an average 23 million pounds with a mile of dual carriageway coming in at 12 million.
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By Paul GlenThis book challenges the conventional wisdom that leadership methods are universal and gives managers the understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists on whom they have become so dependent. It gives clear directions on how to effectively lead these brilliant yet notoriously resistant-to-being-managed knowledge workers. The author not only provides proven management strategies but also background on why traditional approaches often don’t work with geeks. Leading Geeks describes the beliefs and behaviour of geeks, their group dynamics, and the unique nature of technical work. It also offers a twelve-part model that explains how knowledge workers deliver value to an organization.
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