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September 2017

  • ‘That nice fat Christmas bonus was worth more to you than basic kindness.’

    What I wish I could tell my boss
    What I wish I could tell my boss: 'Your lack of humanity made me sick'

    The waitress: you regularly reduced your workforce to tears. But your behaviour has made me even more determined to respect and care for my staff

November 2014

  • A mariachi plays his trumpet on the outskirts of Mexico City

    This performance ranking is the worst thing I have seen in the civil service

    Ranking civil servants is unfair, disgracefully expensive and favours those who blow their own trumpet, says our civil service insider

July 2014

  • Woman sitting on the stairs

    I never imagined I'd be a public servant, let alone one with depression

    I thought people like me, with two masters degrees and an executive role, didn't experience mental illness

June 2014

  • Something as simple as a text message can mean a lot to someone struggling with mental health.

    How to support a civil servant with mental health difficulties

    With 30% of employees experiencing mental health issues each year, it pays to know how to help, says Judith Smith
  • A stack of coloured pencils

    What makes a great procurement boss?

    The most effective procurement leaders will plan ahead and bring out the best in those who work around them. Roy Ayliffe explains

  • Female doctor opening curtain

    Public Leaders viewpoint
    Healthcare staff struggle to adjust to privatisation of NHS jobs

    With more public services ending up in the private sector, what happens to the employees forced to make the transition?

October 2013

  • Ian McKellen as Gandalf

    Always be shire of yourself - anything else would be orc-ward!

    Roger Mendonca: Public sector leaders should be mentors not heroes. Gandalf has the one leadership model to rule them all

  • Girl wearing gold sovereign rings and gold chains

    Why we can't always blame the leaders when staff don't follow the rules

    Managers can set more targets, devise detailed plans or increase monitoring but sometimes it just isn't that simple

    • Live Q&As
      Public leaders need empathy and humility not heroism - Livechat

    • 'Council chief executives should give less advice to politicians'

    • Council chief executives need to develop four new leadership skills

September 2013

  • Treasury at night time

    Can public leaders be both politically neutral and politically savvy?

    Jean Hartley

    When it comes to remaining impartial yet clued-up, UK managers are less skilled than their foreign counterparts, explains Jean Hartley

August 2012

  • Francis Maude doorstep

    Public Leaders viewpoint
    Obsessively shrinking the state misses the point, Francis Maude

    Cabinet Office minister could enhance reform by valuing the civil servants on his doorstep, argues Sue Ferns
  • Vera Baird

    A 'phalanx of stale, male and pale' PCC candidates is almost inevitable

    Should Theresa May have done more to highlight the appeal of the new police commissioner role to women, asks Kathryn Dobinson
  • GB GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S TEAM

    Olympics legacy: collaborative, focused leadership

    Winning the games was a victory for a joint approach and after the gold medal rush, we must fight to retain it, says John Tizard

July 2012

  • Younger generation

    Public Leaders viewpoint
    Investing in the next generation of public leaders

    Prepare for the future: let's develop the management skills young people will need for their careers in public service, says Petra Wilton
  • career women

    Why has the number of senior female managers fallen at the NAO?

    Many women enjoy working at the NAO – but more needs to be done to support senior female talent at the watchdog
    • The big debate
      The big debate: performance management

    • Public Leaders viewpoint
      Delivering corporate leadership in the civil service

    • Public Leaders viewpoint
      Salford council working jointly with Manchester police

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