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    Leadership

    The latest Leadership news from Civil Service World
    Interview: Stephen Lovegrove
    01 May 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Stephen Lovegrove

    New DECC chief Stephen Lovegrove has, to his evident relief, missed all the big battles over the direction of our energy policies – but he does face huge challenges in putting those policies into practice. Matt Ross meets him


    24 Apr 2013 Leadership
    Neds’ firms face legal probes

    Companies run by two lead departmental non-executive directors (Neds) have been publicly accused of serious wrongdoing.


    Call for CFO as IfG highlights 'weak' financial leadership
    24 Apr 2013 Leadership
    Call for CFO as IfG highlights 'weak' financial leadership

    The government needs a chief financial officer (CFO) “who is clearly and visibly responsible for ensuring that spending decisions are made on the basis of financial analysis and for measuring the outcomes in terms of value for money and performance management,” Rebecca McCaffry, innovation specialist at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), has told CSW.


    Interview: Chris Wormald
    18 Apr 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Chris Wormald

    Chris Wormald, the education department’s permanent secretary, is leading organisational changes that go well beyond the Civil Service Reform Plan. Matt Ross quizzes him on the outcomes of his "zero-based review".


    Interview: Derek Jones
    21 Mar 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Derek Jones

    Since Derek Jones began working on Welsh governance, the country’s administration has largely shifted from London to Cardiff. And now more devolution is on the way, Wales’s new perm sec tells Suzannah Brecknell


    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'
    20 Mar 2013 Leadership
    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'

    The collapse of the West Coast Mainline franchising process won’t deter the Department for Transport (DfT) from taking necessary risks, the department’s permanent secretary has promised in an interview with CSW.


    18 Mar 2013 Leadership
    Normington: How to complain about the code

    The Civil Service Commission can help civil servants flag complaints about breaches of the Civil Service Code. First civil service commissioner, Sir David Normington, explains how his organisation has just launched an 'Open Week' to encourage civil servants to ask questions and engage with them:


    Gus O’Donnell defends civil servants on R4
    14 Mar 2013 Leadership
    Gus O’Donnell defends civil servants on R4

    Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell used the second part of his Radio 4 documentary on Tuesday, In Defence of Bureaucracy, to call for the retention of an impartial civil service, and to argue that the “occasionally intemperate tone” taken by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has “not helped” the “unusually strained” relationship between ministers and civil servants.


    Look beyond the gunfire
    14 Mar 2013 Leadership
    Look beyond the gunfire

    The National Security Council has improved Whitehall’s planning and coordination. But it’s been busiest where the bullets have been flying, and there are doubts over its scrutiny of less obvious dangers. Stuart Watson reports.


    Interview: Martin Donnelly
    28 Feb 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Martin Donnelly

    The business department’s permanent secretary Martin Donnelly tells Suzannah Brecknell how his department is working to bring businesses and government together, creating strategies designed to kick start Britain's economic growth


    O’Donnell to defend officials on Radio 4 show
    21 Feb 2013 Leadership
    O’Donnell to defend officials on Radio 4 show

    Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell is to present two programmes on Radio 4 in a bid to defend the work of the civil service.


    Trust in civil servants rising; politicians least trusted group
    20 Feb 2013 Leadership
    Trust in civil servants rising; politicians least trusted group

    The level of public trust in civil servants has risen dramatically over the last 30 years, a poll by the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute has found, while politicians are firmly ensconsed at the foot of the table.


    Interview: Sir John Beddington
    14 Feb 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Sir John Beddington

    When John Beddington became the government’s chief scientific adviser, many departments didn’t employ an influential science champion. But now, he tells Colin Marrs, the quality of science is on the rise across Whitehall


    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform
    12 Feb 2013 Leadership
    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform

    Reforming the civil service won’t “in itself make a dramatic difference to government effectiveness,” former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell told the Public Administration Select Committee today. Instead, government needs to ensure it is clear about what it wants to achieve, he added.


    The legacy odyssey
    12 Feb 2013 Leadership
    The legacy odyssey

    As the Olympics fade from memory, the legacy goals could also slip away – leaving London, like Athens, with a pricey herd of white elephants. Suzannah Brecknell tests the cross-Whitehall effort to reap the Games’ rewards.


    Looking through the boss’s briefcase
    11 Feb 2013 Leadership
    Looking through the boss’s briefcase

    The government has now published its permanent secretaries’ objectives, listing the targets against which their performance will be assessed. Joshua Chambers explains how the move is likely to affect Whitehall leaders


    Interview: Jonathan Rees
    08 Feb 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Jonathan Rees

    After 35 years in Whitehall and five years leading the Government Equalities Office, Jonathan Rees is heading for the exit. Matt Ross learns of his worries about civil service capabilities, ministerial policies and endless reorganisations


    Interview: Katherine Kerswell and Clare Sumner
    29 Jan 2013 Leadership
    Interview: Katherine Kerswell and Clare Sumner

    Katherine Kerswell and Clare Sumner are heading up the tricky task of civil service reform. Joshua Chambers meets the dynamic duo leading the drive to shake up Whitehall’s skills, structures and working practices


    Perm Sec Round-Up: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, 2012
    21 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Perm Sec Round-Up: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, 2012
    Interview: Alun Evans
    21 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Alun Evans

    As director of the Scotland Office, Alun Evans is in charge of Whitehall’s efforts to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom. Joshua Chambers meets the man coordinating a vast campaign encompassing most departments


    Perm Sec Round-Up: Jonathan Stephens, 2012
    19 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Perm Sec Round-Up: Jonathan Stephens, 2012

    Jonathan Stephens

    Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport


    Perm Sec Round-Up: Jonathan Rees, 2012
    19 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Perm Sec Round-Up: Jonathan Rees, 2012

    Jonathan Rees

    Director General, Government Equalities Office


    Perm Sec Round-Up: Dr Malcolm McKibbin, 2012
    19 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Perm Sec Round-Up: Dr Malcolm McKibbin, 2012

    Dr Malcolm McKibbin

    Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service


    Permanent Secretaries' Round-Up 2012
    19 Dec 2012 Leadership
    Permanent Secretaries' Round-Up 2012

    The 2012 Permanent Secretaries' Round-Up


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