by Phil Jones | Updated 20 Oct, 2017 | Communicating bad news, Communicating change
Just at the moment, one of the most difficult places to be must be in finance in the public sector. They are constantly re-doing budgets and subject to negotiations over custs to funding from central government. That is if the organisation still exists: if you are a...
by Phil Jones | 12 Sep, 2010 | Avoiding communication mistakes
This is possibly the most common mistake in communication, How often have you though you have told someone something, but either they forgot or you only meant to tell them but never got around to doing it. You never actually said it. How often have you told someone...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Feb, 2018 | World of Public Sector & NFP
Reading a speech by Bob Neill at the CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) Conference I was struck by the idea that every local authority in the country is going to have to publish any item of expenditure over £500. The attempt being to...