What makes a good leader?

...have to be prepared to lead. That requires self-confidence. You have to be able to judge when to listen, when to think and when to decide. When you make decisions...
...have to be prepared to lead. That requires self-confidence. You have to be able to judge when to listen, when to think and when to decide. When you make decisions...
The Department of Health People Management Programme tries to raise the quality and consistency of management in the department. It aims to increase people’s skills at managing staff and to...
...to measure how successful you’ve been. Examples might be: learn how to use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet, including calculations and graphs to be able to present data for...
...can truly thrive in an organisation become invisible. And if we don’t understand how we are really behaving towards each other, how can we change and improve? That’s why I...
...information both insightful and inspiring.” Top 10 Civil Service blogs of 2021 How to Break Through in the Civil Service - Our Top Tips Amy Tsang’s blog post proved the...
...on but also to spot when things are going off-track and when we need to step in to investigate what’s going wrong, make changes and build in learning. Informing decisions...
...before communicating with people. We put together our plans for the region quickly; how we would re-tool our operations, how we could keep in touch with people and how we...
...pursuing a personal passion with all of my professional effort. I have been inspired by the people I have met in the field, in the international tribunals in the Hague...
...in Whitehall. This report informed the Talent Action Plan, resulting in concrete steps, including a commitment to introducing Shared Parental Leave at the occupational rate across the Civil Service; action...
...offer to those who volunteer. The new Civil Service Leadership Statement is clear in identifying the need for us to reward initiative and innovation and to invest in the capabilities...