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
I’m now doing the Major Projects Leadership Academy and the more I engage with the material the more I think it’s flawed conceptually and that what we need are departments with permanent change capability rather than a series of ‘temporary Continue reading We need Permanent Change Capability
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
Poor performance is a fact of life, and it happens for a variety of reasons. There are frequent questions about it on any staff engagement and it forms a core part of the annual Civil Service People Survey. Most of Continue reading Dealing with Poor Performance
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]