MoD squanders £100m a year on performance management
Chris Dando
Public servant: my letter to the public
I was made to feel not good enough to interview for my own job at the Tate
Anonymous
May 2016
Scrap 'discredited' performance ratings, says civil service union
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka calls on Cabinet Office to dismantle controversial ranking system that the union claims is discriminatory
April 2016
Public servant: my letter to the public
I never thought I'd last two years as head of comms for Stoke-on-Trent council
Emma Rodgers
My former colleagues wished me luck and told me I would seriously need it. But I had grown up near Stoke and knew the city was on the up
March 2016
Bin the paper, kill off tick boxes – how to fix civil service appraisals
Andrew Greenway
Performance management is unpopular these days, especially the toothless and demotivating Whitehall model. Here are four ways to make it more effective
February 2016
Privatised probation staff: stressed, deskilled and facing job cuts
Why not let public servants set their own salaries?
Richard Wilson
The cost of cuts
Londoners do not have to take low pay and insecure jobs as a given
Mary O'Hara
GuardianWitness assignments
Conversations with colleagues that help you through tough times: share your experiences
I lost the job I loved because I was unable to trust others with my demons
Terry Moran
I had to escape the town hall to see the people behind the statistics
January 2016
Welcome to our 2016 Guardian Public Leaders editorial board
Meet the nine UK public leaders who will help us tackle the most important issues in the next 12 months
September 2015
Joining the public sector
What to do if you don’t get on the civil service fast stream
It’s one of the toughest graduate schemes out there, but don’t despair, there are other routes into a career in government
May 2015
Civil servants deserve better from this government
Dave Penman
My union for senior civil servants is calling for more pay, training and respect for the people who must deliver the new government’s billions of cuts
Joining the public sector
Local government is sinking into austerity – but I still love my job
Inara Khan
Shrinking budgets make things very difficult for the sector, but I chose the NGDP council graduate scheme for the emotional and political challenge
An even more punitive civil service ranking system is a mistake
Leslie Manasseh
Performance management in Whitehall is already discriminatory, as trade union Prospect has found. Individually ranking civil servants will make things worse
April 2015
Joining the public sector
Seven tips for succession planning for the public sector and charities
Last year, two leaders of a charity learned how to manage its talent pipeline. Now, with the chief executive resigning, they discuss how they’re going to replace him
How the business department ditched its workplace macho culture
Storytelling and breathing techniques are among the ways senior leaders say BIS has achieved a 50/50 gender balance on its leadership team
How to become a…
How to become a … local government manager
Merton’s leisure and culture development manager explains what skills you need to run council arts and sports in a time of austerity
March 2015
How to become a…
How to become a … probation head
The woman who heads up probation services in Wales gives her tips on starting a career in prisons and rehabilitation
