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Performance reviews key to public service success

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Gerald Flynn

Effective use of performance reviews could be key to rebuilding citizens’ and taxpayers’  confidence in the Irish public sector. Gerald Flynn details the  management options in The Irish Times Innovation magazine (April 2010 issue).

Read it here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0409/1224267682580.html

Sacking staff by text message – it happens!

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Gerald Flynn

Some managers have resorted to sacking their employees by text message reflecting a new callousness  by managers who seem a little light on ‘people skills’. Read Gerald Flynn’s insight in The Irish Times management pages here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0619/1224249114341.html

Need to widen pool of non-executive directors

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Gerald Flynn

There is a great need to widen the pool from which non-executive directors are appointed to  quoted companies, financial institutions, semi0state bodies and state agencies. The days of nominating pals, colleagues and former senior state employees as  a boardroom ‘grunt a month’ should be ended.

Read article here:        need to reform selection of non-executive directors