SIR DIDDY is due to speak at a major NHS conference in Chester this week.What's the betting that he will wheel out his favourite oratorical device - and try to get the delegates dancing?
Sir Diddy has swallowed wholeheartedly (who said he had a heart, ed?) the transatlantic mumbo-jumbo pioneered by US-based management consultants, Senn Delaney.
Henshaw personally hired this bizarre outfit, (breaking all council rules by not going out to any formal tender), to promote something he called The Liverpool Way at the city council.
(This showed his great gift for original thought - he had called the same programme 'the Knowsley Way' when he was chief exec at Knowsley Council!)
This programme of indoctrination in the Henshaw personality cult, managed by McElhinney, cost the city council's taxpayers more than a million quid.
It normally involved senior managers (it was too good for the plebs at the sharp end) being packed off overnight to one of Henshaw's favourite hotels - normally in Cheshire or North Wales, certainly not Liverpool - where they would spend their time playing ridiculous management games and getting all 'touchy feely' with each other. (Was McElhinney an active participant then? ed)
The most embarrassing moment usually came when one senior manager paired up with a colleague and they then sat opposite each other.
One would then have to gaze deeply into their colleague's eyes and recite from a Senn Delaney script, the immortal words: "What I most value about you is.....(fill in the desired words)" and then "What I think you could most improve is..... "(ditto)
For most rational participants this was excruciating gobbledegook, served up with happy clappy Mormon-like enthusiasm by the sharp-suited, swivel-eyed fanatics from Senn Delaney.
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How much is this bloody conference costing then? And who is paying for it? I bet patients are!!!
I went to one of these management conferences and Tony is absoutely right - it was the most embarrassing experience imaginable. I think Henshaw got his kicks out of seeing grown men and women doing his bidding, without question. Shades of the Third Reich...
We've all been tango'd
Youve got to pick a pocket or two
I would have done that no problem,
just after henshaw did it himself.
The motto of good management is follow by exdample, let diddy take the stage.
Former employee... I understand why you are a FORMER employee if you had to watch or take part of such a degrading practice.
I bet henchman thinks his knob is bigger than any one elses as well, the one on his head is though.
Good work keeping an eye on the Dirty Dancer.
Just posted this on TP site -
Found this info on the Office for Public Standrds website, prize goes to whoever comes closest to how many of these diddy & dr death actually possess:
The Seven Principles of Public Life
The Committee has set out ‘Seven Principles of Public Life’ which it believes should apply to all in the public service. These are:
Selflessness
Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other benefits for themselves, their family or their friends.
Integrity
Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might seek to influence them in the performance of their official duties.
Objectivity
In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit.
Accountability
Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office.
Openness
Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.
Honesty
Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest.
Leadership
Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.
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