All posts tagged "talent management"

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  ‘Empowering people with a sense of possibility’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with New Zealand’s former public service chief Iain Rennie

  Global Government Forum’s latest Leading Questions podcast features Iain Rennie, whose decades-long public service career culminated in eight years as New Zealand’s state services commissioner. In this episode, Iain tells

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Beyond pay and promotion: how governments can attract and retain staff in a fast-changing world

  At a Global Government Forum webinar, public sector HR experts from the US, Canada and Singapore discussed how governments can compete in the ‘war for talent’, focusing on lessons from

  • Posted February 14, 2023
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  On the front line: how can governments safeguard against cyberattacks

  Cybersecurity breaches risk impacting vital public services, particularly as governments adopt hybrid work models which can leave their networks more fragmented and less secure. During a Rubrik webinar, experts discussed

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Australia issues myth-busting guidance on AI recruitment in government

  The office of Australia’s merit protection commissioner has released guidance to public service agencies on the benefits, risks and myths around using artificial intelligence-assisted recruitment tools. Faced with a tightening

  • Posted December 7, 2022
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  ‘It’s impossible to lead people who don’t trust you’: five minutes with Slovenia’s public administration chief Peter Pogačar

  Peter Pogačar, the director general of the public sector directorate in Slovenia’s Ministry of Public Administration, tells GGF about civil service leaders’ resistance to change, why he’s inspired by the

  • Posted July 23, 2022
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  India expands external hires into senior jobs

  India’s government is chipping away at the country’s rigid civil service hierarchy, with a new scheme for hiring external experts directly into senior roles normally preserved for the elite cadre

  • Posted August 4, 2021
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  How strengths-based recruitment can help civil services attract neurodiverse talent

  When considering how to build balanced teams, it can be more beneficial to recruit based on individual characteristics rather than focusing on diagnoses, write chartered psychologist Dr Nancy Doyle and

  • Posted March 10, 2021
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  How to make a success of moving civil servants out of London

  The government should move senior officials first, and focus on creating sustainable regional offices where talented professionals want to build careers, says the Institute for Government’s Erenie Mullens-Burgess The Treasury

  • Posted November 25, 2020
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  Restoring goodwill: former UK HR chief Kevin White on repairing national government’s damaged reputation

  The UK’s response to COVID-19 fostered a suspicion of leadership, says former UK HR chief Kevin White – but it’s also an opportunity to revive trust in public services. The

  • Posted November 13, 2020
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  US AI defence panel calls for digital academy

  The US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) has called for the creation of new talent initiatives to develop the government’s technical workforce and improve senior leaders’ understanding of

  • Posted September 24, 2020
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