How Can I Say It?
Dear PPMA friends 2020 is half way done. But it feels like we have lived multiple lifetimes. And we definitely have not had enough time to come to terms with those lifetimes, what they mean ...
Supporting Leaders and Managers During Covid-19 – PPMA HR Podcast
Dear PPMA friends Leadership at the best of times is challenging. Covid-19 has shone even more of a spotlight on those in leadership positions, wherever they sit in our organisations, our politics and society more ...
Using Clinical Psychology to Encourage Self Care in the Workplace – Rollout of CareSpace
Hello PPMA friends For those of us working in Public Services HR and OD, these last months have been the most consequential, challenging and complex of our professional lives, and our personal lives too. During ...
There Is Something About Watching a Man Die in Front of Your Eyes. It Changes You.
Hello PPMA friends There is something about watching a man die in front of your eyes. It changes you. It should. This has happened to me twice. The first was my father 27 months ago. ...
HR & OD Director Amanda Harcus, Shares Her Personal Story About Bladder Cancer with Leatham Green
Hello PPMA Friends Amanda Harcus is Director of HR and OD at London Borough of Tower Hamlets and in January 2020 she got the shocking news that she has cancer of the bladder. In this ...
Lightning Rods – Disruptors or Destructors?
Hello PPMA friends It’s the integrity stupid… I promised myself that I would spend at least one Bank Holiday this year not twittering and linking in. But surprisingly Saturday was a wonderful day on social ...
Video: Important Update On The PPMA Annual Conference 2020 From Karen Grave
Hello PPMA friends As you know earlier this year we had to change the date of the PPMA Annual Conference from late March 2020 to September 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak. In this video ...
PPMA Lunch & Learn Webinar with Penna: Talking Talent, Recruitment and Retention with HR Leaders
Hello PPMA Friends This week we launched our Lunch & Learn webinar series and our first one was run by our good friends and supporter at Penna. Managing Director Julie Towers was joined by some ...
The Nourishing and Healing Powers of Touch
Hello PPMA friends Staying safe, remaining calm and reducing stress levels is crucial to everyone's health and well being, especially in these difficult times. Leatham Green, Chief Executive of the Mindful HR Centre and also ...
How Behavioural Science Can Influence People During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Podcast featuring Prof Jim McManus
The latest podcast in our new series is on the topic of Behaviour Science and it's role in the management of Covid-19. In it, Professor Jim McManus, Director of Public Health at Hertfordshire CC and ...
Karen Grave Introduces The New PPMA HR Podcast Series
This is the first podcast in our new series and it features PPMA President Karen Grave talking about the challenges facing our HR community during this unprecedented time. She shares some of the great work ...
After Covid? It’s Much Too Soon To Say…
Hello PPMA Friends With all the relentless speculation about what's going to happen after Covid, Karen Grave explains why it's way too early to be dwelling on this right now. "Usually when I get a ...
A Message From The Teacher
Hello PPMA friends Like many parents, Lucy Flint from our good friends and sponsor Crown Commercial Service is trying to be a supermum during this lockdown. She shares with us some hints, tips and coping ...
Keeping Yourself and Others Safe: Leadership in the Age of COVID19
Hello PPMA friends A couple of weeks ago Prof. Jim McManus, Chartered FCIPD and VP of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health wrote a blog post for us, talking about how we can ...
An Invisible Killer…
Dear PPMA friends We have seen incredible efforts from all parts of public services this week in these very challenging times. Our President Karen reflects on the difference an invisible killer has made. "As this ...
COVID19…avoiding the fear and panic
Hello PPMA friends Prof. Jim McManus is a Chartered FCIPD and is Vice President of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health. He is also a Chartered Psychologist, Director of Public Health for Hertfordshire ...
I Have A Responsibility
Hello PPMA friends In the wake of this dreadful situation, Karen Grave writes to remind us all of the responsibilities that we all have to undertake. "I’m scared too but I REFUSE to give in ...
Always Value and Recognise the Power, Wisdom and Capability of Women – Everywhere.
Hello PPMA friends It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday and in recognition, our blog post this week has been written by Karen Wormwell, who is co-founder of our long standing digital partners, Ten Horizon. “I’m ...
