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In praise of vulnerability

Posted by: Clare Moriarty, Posted on: 20 May 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Speech bubble "Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." Sigmund Freud

Clare Moriarty, Defra Permanent Secretary, on why vulnerability is a strength for effective leaders.

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What you can learn at Civil Service Live 2016

Posted by: Civil Service Live Team, Posted on: 29 April 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
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Civil Service Live 2016, the big learning event of the year for civil servants, is built around four themes and a vision of what the Civil Service needs to look like in 2020.

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What the Civil Service story tells us about leadership

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 30 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Leadership Statement
Cartoon depicting Evelyn Sharp and Alan Turing

John Pullinger looks at what we can learn about leadership from the history of the Civil Service and shares his pledge as a leader.

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Ten tips for leading organisational change

Posted by: Peter Vowles, Posted on: 18 March 2016 - Categories: Leadership Statement, Leading and managing change
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Pete Vowles passes on some of the practical lessons he's learned helping to lead a change programme at the Department for International Development.

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The year of the Leadership Statement

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 12 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Leadership Statement
Jeremy Heywood speaking in front of screen with key words including, 'inspiring', 'innovative', 'challenge'

On the first anniversary of the Leadership Statement, Jeremy Heywood looks at the impact it has had and how far leaders are living up to their commitments.

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Mentoring and its importance for diversity and inclusion

Posted by: Melanie Dawes, Posted on: 26 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Two female civil servants in a spot mentoring session

Civil Service Gender Champion Melanie Dawes looks back at the progress on diversity and inclusion over the last 12 months, and highlights the value of mentoring to underrepresented groups.

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A short guide to better career health – in 7 resolutions

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 13 January 2016 - Categories: General
Picture of diary page, 1 January 2016

If you're looking for work-focused resolutions this New Year, we have a few suggestions that might help.

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Getting better at getting things done – launching the Implementation 'Profession'

Posted by: Kathy Hall, Posted on: 15 September 2015 - Categories: Professions, Programme and project delivery
Flow chart showing "Implementation Insights" and what each step requires, from Setting the Goal to Achieving Impact

Kathy Hall, Head of Implementation Unit at the Department of Health, looks at initiatives designed to make effective implementation of policy what this Parliament is all about.

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Diversity and inclusion: a must for organisational health

Posted by: Matthew Coats, Posted on: 4 September 2015 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion, Good management
Matthew Coats, Chief Executive, Legal Aid Agency

Matthew Coats, chief executive at the Legal Aid Agency, explains why he believes no organisation can succeed that does not fully embrace diversity and inclusion.

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Leadership during change

Posted by: Steve Thorn, Posted on: 17 August 2015 - Categories: Leading and managing change
Close-up of the "Inspiring" theme in the Leadership Statement

Steve Thorn, a senior vice-president with global IT services company CGI, believes the public sector can learn from private sector experience of leading and managing change in large organisations.

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