Leading by example, thinking critically and developing capability for all
I was at the Holyrood Connect Public Sector Digital Leadership Exchange at the University of Edinburgh earlier this week and one of the common threads was whether certain things should have a mandate from the centre to avoid duplication of Continue reading Beyond the Mandate: How to Avoid Duplication Without the Force
As a public servant it is important to know how and when to use consultants effectively. If you get it right you get a lot of value from consultants, if you get it wrong you might have been better off Continue reading Using Consultants Effectively
UK Civil Service recruitment often asks for the candidate to make a presentation as part of their interview. Usually it’s the first part of the interview. Whether or not you are told the topic in advance very much depends on what Continue reading Presentations for Recruitment [UK Civil Service]
The UK Civil Service introduced strengths based questions for recruitment when they introduced Success Profiles in late 2018. Before this strengths based questions had been used in the final selection boards for the Fast Stream. They’re really good for when Continue reading Understanding Strengths Interviews
This is the interview prompt I made for my (successful) SCS1 interview based on the conversation I had with my then Deputy Directors, one of whom had been involved in SCS1 recruitment and became a SCS2 shortly after I made Continue reading Interview Prompt