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Ambition, scale, complexity – a private sector view of the Civil Service

Posted by: John Bentley, Posted on: 16 January 2017 - Categories: A great place to work

John Bentley from Severn Trent Water reflects on his experience after six months of a Civil Service secondment.

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High Potential Secondment: the view from the private sector

Posted by: Lesley Briant and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 16 February 2015 - Categories: More skilled
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Lesley Briant I am 7 months into an 18-month Civil Service secondment as part of the High Potential Secondment Programme. I was introduced to the programme by Gillian Smith, Head...

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The benefits of the High Potential Secondment Programme

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 20 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, More skilled
Sir Jeremy talking at the event

...Plan as we know that civil servants can learn a lot from spending time in the private sector and that the Civil Service can really benefit from bringing in some...

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