All posts tagged "Leaders"
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The race to protect: how COVID-19 supercharged civil service deliveryWhen the pandemic arrived, civil services acted rapidly to protect citizens. At the Global Government Summit, national leaders discussed some of the lessons they’d learned – and looked ahead to
- Posted April 28, 2021
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Leading Questions podcast: civil service leaders share what they learned from their time at the topFrom working with ministers to managing personal resilience, every episode a current or former senior civil servant reflects candidly on the challenges they have faced in their career and what
- Posted April 15, 2021
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Collective wisdom: women leaders share their career tips for the next generationDon’t limit yourself, and remember Winnie the Pooh. To celebrate International Women’s Day, senior officials share the advice they wish they had known earlier in their working lives To celebrate
- Posted March 5, 2021
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Digital disruption in my career: from civil servant to entrepreneur, and back againJohn Fitzpatrick, director for digital enablement at the UK’s Ministry of Defence, explains how embracing digital transformed his professional journey – even if it hasn’t always been plain sailing In
- Posted February 22, 2021
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Canada’s most senior civil servant, Ian Shugart, to undergo cancer treatmentCanada’s most senior civil servant, Ian Shugart, is to step back from work while receiving treatment for cancer. In a note to staff on Monday, Shugart, who is clerk of Canada’s
- Posted February 10, 2021
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Mental health during a pandemic: how to spot problems among your teamCOVID-19 is triggering and exacerbating mental health problems across the world. Wellbeing consultant Ramin Salehi explains how to spot the signs that a colleague is struggling and embark on a
- Posted February 2, 2021
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UK Cabinet Office announces new strategic digital unitThe UK’s Cabinet Office is overhauling the leadership of digital, data and technology, appointing a new head of the Government Digital Service plus leaders of a Central Digital and Data
- Posted January 13, 2021
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UK civil servants spurned leadership training, says Francis MaudeUK civil service leaders resisted the government’s attempts to provide them with intensive leadership training, former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said, arguing that the civil service shows “an
- Posted January 12, 2021
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Turning the page: public leaders share the books on their holiday reading listFrom Obama’s bestseller to biographies and science fiction, we find out what officials around the world are reading this festive season Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson This is a
- Posted December 23, 2020
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Civil service leaders share the career tips that helped them up the ladderThere’s an awful lot of career advice around – but how to know whether it’s any good? We asked 12 leading national officials to name the tips they found most
- Posted December 22, 2020
