...a high-quality and diverse pool. I am particularly keen to add to the pool of potential candidates, skills in digital, audit, HR and talent management to bring together and co-ordinate...
...aspiration and approach to leadership, and to help us get there. It will be about how to create the right environment and culture as well as how to get the...
...attention. Too often, the older we get, the less we feel we have anything to learn. Aidan was totally the opposite. He said he learned from everyone he came into...
...to hearing how colleagues are managing. Whether it’s organising (virtual) events between colleagues and leaders, collating feedback from internal surveys or people’s emails reacting to change, we internal communicators hear...
...referendum in 2014, followed by the Smith Commission on further powers, and then the introduction of the Scotland Bill into the UK Parliament in May. Lead by the Scotland Office,...
...problem-solving. I’ve learnt to work under pressure and to focus on the important things, often in challenging circumstances. It’s extremely relevant to an organisation like the Civil Service, and obviously...
...worry about? I thought those things too. Then last year I was promoted to a Deputy Director role in Defra responsible for devolution, so I had to 'get' devolution fast....
...The presentation was intended to be humorous, with a nod to classic Monty-Python-style comedy (of which I am a big fan). However, as I put it together, the content evolved...
...we need to change to do better. 3. Prioritising internal communications DCMS had really cut back its resource for internal communications to almost nothing in the budget reductions that the...
...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...
