Happy New Year – Weirdo’s and Misfits Part 1…
Dear PPMA friends We hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas break and we wish all of you a happy, health and exciting 2020. This week, our President Karen sets out her thoughts ...
Time Flies…..2019 in Review
Dear PPMA friends In our Christmas Post, Karen reflects on another busy year in the life of PPMA. We hope you enjoy it and wish all of you and your families a wonderful Christmas and ...
Let’s Talk Wellbeing: The Challenges of Winter and Overcoming Them
Hello PPMA friends At this time of year it's as important as ever to take care of yourself as well as others and Hannah Bornet, Wellbeing Manager at the Financial Ombudsman Service and PPMA Let’s ...
People Empowering People
Hello PPMA friends Tanya Corsie is CEO and Director at our good friends and supporters Iken and she has written an excellent blog post for us about the importance of empowering our people in order ...
PPMA Northern Regional Meeting… AI, Neuroscience and Human to Hybrid: Expanding our Horizons and Opportunities
Hello PPMA friends Last week saw the inaugural meeting of the PPMA Northern Region. Jointly hosted by Sam Betts and Tracy Brennand our Northern regional chairs, it was an inspiring, engaging and fun event attended ...
In the Age of the Individual: Designing for Values and Behaviours; The Millennial/Gen Z Era
Hello PPMA friends Dr Stuart Wigham is an Organisation Design and Change Consultant and has written a fascinating article for us on the millennial/GenZ generation. In it he looks at what drives them and how ...
Respect and Resolution – the Perspective from Wales
Dear PPMA friends This week Karen was at the HPMA Wales Annual Conference talking about #outoftheshadows. In this week's post she shares her experiences and also updates us on campaign progress. Enjoy the read. Respect ...
Who Wants to Talk About the Menopause?
Hello PPMA friends How symptoms of the menopause affect women in the workplace is an important issue for employers and Angela O'Connor from the HR Lounge, gives some valuable advice on the best ways to ...
Busy Doing Nothing?
Hello PPMA Friends Wednesday 6th November is National Stress Awareness Day and Keeley Metcalfe who is Senior HR Adviser, Resourcing Solutions at North Yorkshire County Council and also PPMA Rising Star runner up 2018, has ...
Taking Part the Big Brum Sleepout – Our Own Grace and Her Husband Dan!
Dear PPMA friends We are so proud of Grace and Dan, who are both participating in the Big Brum Sleepout on the 29th November. The sleepout is an opportunity to shine a light on the ...
Cry God for Harry Pearce…
Dear PPMA friends This week Karen participated in a panel session on ethics at Solace Summit in Birmingham. Ethics and standards in public life continue to be on the agenda given the current political difficulties ...
When Life Gives You Lemons
Hello PPMA friends Our latest blog post has been written by our amazing joint Apprentice of the Year 2019 winner, Kirsten Moore. She talks about her legacy and the ups and downs she's experienced so ...
We Need Entrepreneurs and Vision at Every Level
Hello PPMA Friends Our blog post this week has been written by Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, Chief Executive of Real World Group, who are one of our wonderful strategic partners. They are experts in the field of ...
Karen Grave Reflects on National Inclusion Week
Dear PPMA friends #nationalinclusionweek has rightly been a time of celebrating the good news across Public Services. Our President Karen has been reflecting on where we are with this critical work. This is a long ...
Births, Marriages and Deaths
Hello PPMA friends It’s been another busy week on the PPMA front. We’ve been overwhelmed by applications for Peer Into the Future – I’ll come back to this in a future blog. And, I’ve been ...
South East Region: PPMA Goes Digital – An Insight into Current Practice and the Digital Future
Hello PPMA friends Our blog post this week has been written by Anastasia Simpson who is Chairperson of our South East Region and she shares with us the outcomes of a recent SE event. "As ...
3 Reasons Why People and Machines are Smarter Together
Hello PPMA friends Our friends and supporters at Oracle led a brilliant session all about technology at our Conference in May and to follow this, Yazad Dalal, their Head of Strategy, EMEA, has written an ...
Key Insights for HR & OD from Penna’s Annual Chief Executive Survey 2019
Hello PPMA friends This week’s post is written by our friends at Penna and it's a really great read! In the 2019 Annual Penna Chief Executive Survey, there are some important insights into how HR & ...
