Job Levels for All!

Job Levels for All!

In my research questionnaire, I wanted people from all over the Welsh public service to identify their job level. I looked at organisational stratification literature which mainly came from the private sector and military. They offered weird and wonderful job levels...

Rocks and Opinions

When we seek to find out what people think, we often use questionnaires. In researching self awareness, lots of studies used questionnaires. Very few used interviews or diaries. It made me think about quantitative versus qualitative methods. I discovered there’s a big...
Auf Wiedersehen, Sabine Schmitz!

Auf Wiedersehen, Sabine Schmitz!

Today I was saddened to learn of the death of Sabine Schmitz. Everyone who likes cars and watched Top Gear will too, I’m sure, be feeling a little blue. Sabine was the Queen of the Nurburgring and the epitome of Girl Power. I first saw her on Top Gear racing a transit...
A Year in Our Life

A Year in Our Life

It’s been a whole year. 17th March 2020 was the last time I went to the office in the Before. Today is the 16th March 2021. Today I went to the office for my second vaccine. It’s a strange way to celebrate a new year. When we left the office in 2020, we thought it...

Leaders, Leaders Everywhere!

If you read the literature about leadership, you’ll notice that it’s weighted towards the idea that leadership sits with people in senior roles. A number of the journal articles that I looked at focussed on individuals either in senior positions or training to take on...