There is a logic to promoting incompetent people

There is a logic to promoting incompetent people

Finally, there is some logic as to why so many incompetent people are promoted. It is a simple process, really. Take one individual lacking the technical skills to do a job. He is so useless that others just do the...

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Illogical Command and Control

Illogical Command and Control

It never ceases to amaze me how people in organisations seem to have evolved a coping mechanism of being the 'Victim'. Maybe Darwin and Freud are right, and violence and a desire to survive are innate default positions for...

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Thoughts on depression and unpaid carers

Thoughts on depression and unpaid carers

Like many mental health issues, depression is often regarded as a non-illness; this could not be further from the truth. Depression is an illness. Unlike some other illnesses, such as diabetes or Meniere’s Disease, depression affects the whole body,...

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Groups should help you be a better person

Groups should help you be a better person

One of the issues I often encounter in the counselling room is the distinction between us and them. The creation of what is, inherently, a false distinction between other people and me, or the group I am in and...

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