We often get asked, ‘what’s the secret of building a successful diversity network?’ My reply is that you need to approach it from all sides - and I can’t stress...
...civil servants accustomed to any colour so long as it was grey! Armed with a palette of ‘approved’ colours, I raised eyebrows (and no doubt blood pressure) with my youthful...
...heading up the joint UK/US reconstruction effort in Basra, southern Iraq, in 2008/09. The environment was hostile, the politics were difficult (to say the least) and bridging the civilian-military cultural...
...to learn about how teams in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber region are responding to customer demand. Lisa Gayton, the Halifax team leader, told me that our customers...
...Service will play its part in securing the step change in apprenticeships that will allow young people to acquire skills, training and professional experience. The apprenticeships levy announced yesterday provides...
...event in East Kilbride wrote a really engaging blog about how he had learnt to be open with others about having a lack of self-confidence. 64 comments later, the blog...
...and decorations have appeared. Colleagues have been bringing back baubles in their luggage as they return to Kabul from their breather breaks. To ensure future supplies of real Christmas trees,...
...pleased with the positive response since the pilot began last month (January). One customer, John Walker, from Peacehaven in East Sussex, got in touch to say he was ‘delighted’ to...
Team members from the Department for International Development's East Kilbride office show off their purple on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Before many of us take our Christmas...
John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Visiting civil servants around the country is giving me a real appreciation of how we can –...
