All posts tagged "leadership"
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Former UK GDS chief publishes 21 ‘shortcuts’ to ease digital transformation in government
Former UK digital chief Kevin Cunnington has today launched a major new report, setting out 21 ways to address some of the biggest problems facing digital leaders around the world.
- Posted March 12, 2023
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International Women’s Day: listen to GGF’s women leaders podcast
To mark International Women’s Day, we bring you a special edition podcast in which two top civil servants discuss their experiences as women in government, their public service’s journey towards
- Posted March 7, 2023
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UK cabinet secretary sets out five tests for civil service effectiveness
The UK’s most senior civil servant has set out for the first time the five tests that he uses to measure Whitehall effectiveness. In a speech delivered last month at
- Posted February 21, 2023
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UK civil service ‘should be given stewardship role amid upheaval’ – as PM Sunak reorganises government
The UK government has been urged to strengthen the role of civil servants as stewards of government capability and advice in order to maintain delivery through periods of uncertainty. The
- Posted February 7, 2023
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Pursuing gender parity in the public sector: women leaders’ views
At a webinar on how to achieve gender parity in civil and public services, leaders from Canada and South Africa shared their own experiences as women in government, their respective
- Posted February 6, 2023
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‘The pandemic brought the opportunity to change and a willingness to experiment’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with the European Commission’s Gertrud Ingestad
Global Government Forum’s latest episode has been published, featuring Gertrud Ingestad who has held a variety of roles in her 27-year career at the European Commission, most recently as director
- Posted January 25, 2023
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Canadian public servants could face discipline for shirking return-to-office rules
The Canadian federal government has said public servants who refuse to resume work at shared workspaces in accordance with its return-to-office mandate could face repercussions from managers on a case-by-case
- Posted January 18, 2023
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From leading public servants through turbulent times to getting the most out of government data: insight from Global Government Forum’s top webinars of 2022
Global Government Forum’s programme of webinars for public and civil servants brings together officials involved in developing policy and delivering public services to share best practice on how to deliver
- Posted December 29, 2022
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Sage advice for civil servants: the best bits of Leading Questions Series 2
We take a look back at Global Government Forum’s 2022 podcasts, sharing snippets of wisdom that our guests have gleaned from decades of public service This year, Global Government Forum
- Posted December 28, 2022
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‘The British civil service is relatively insular’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with political scientist Colin Talbot
A new Global Government Forum podcast is out featuring professor Colin Talbot – author of the compellingly titled Whitehall watching: reflections on innovation, inertia and ineptitude in British government –
- Posted December 1, 2022