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    Leadership

    The latest Leadership news from Civil Service World
    Interview: Lord Browne
    08 Aug 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Lord Browne

    Soon after the 2010 election, the coalition beefed up departmental boards and recruited a set of powerful non-executive directors. Joshua Chambers meets Lord Browne, the ‘lead NED’ reforming Whitehall from the inside


    Morgan: govt ‘bedevilled by trust issues’
    27 Jul 2012 Leadership
    Morgan: govt ‘bedevilled by trust issues’

    The relationship between ministers and the civil service must improve and both groups’ accountability must be clarified, Dame Gillian Morgan, the retiring permanent secretary of the Welsh Assembly Government, has told CSW.


    Are you worth it?
    11 Jul 2012 Leadership
    Are you worth it?

    Does the quality of your work make your time more valuable than that of your peers? Four top officials gave their thoughts on performance-related pay during a panel discussion. Suzannah Brecknell was listening


    Interview: Sir Bob Kerslake & Sir Jeremy Heywood
    11 Jul 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Sir Bob Kerslake & Sir Jeremy Heywood

    Following their January debut, the civil service’s leading duo are taking the stage again – this time to champion the Civil Service Reform Plan. Matt Ross asks about politicisation, centralisation, and unwelcome press attention


    Kerslake: top job promotions will require broad experience
    27 Jun 2012 Leadership
    Kerslake: top job promotions will require broad experience
    27 Jun 2012 Leadership
    Politics beats policy in reform plan

    Good ideas on policymaking meet risky ones on accountability


    Interview: Will Cavendish
    13 Jun 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Will Cavendish

    Since last year, the PM and DPM have been noisily pushing for the rapid implementation of coalition policies. Matt Ross meets Will Cavendish, whose job it is to chivvy departments into delivering on the government’s promises


    Arrivals, moves and departures, May 2012
    30 May 2012 Leadership
    Arrivals, moves and departures, May 2012
    Heywood ‘angry’ at CS slurs
    30 May 2012 Leadership
    Heywood ‘angry’ at CS slurs

    Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood is “angry” at attacks on the civil service in the newspapers over the past month, and the prime minister and deputy prime minister share that anger, Heywood told the Public Administration Select Committee last week.


    'Keep your eyes on the ball' says Lowcock
    30 May 2012 Leadership
    "Keep your eyes on the ball" says Lowcock

    The papers have been full of frothy stories and silly stereotypes about the civil service, says Mark Lowcock. This risks distracting us from the real – and very important – challenge of adapting to the tasks at hand


    Whitehall takes a look in the mirror
    16 May 2012 Leadership
    Whitehall takes a look in the mirror

    Under Labour, the Cabinet Office reviewed departments’ capabilities – but these days, departments examine their own performance before producing Capability Action Plans. Ben Willis sets out their findings, warts and all


    Special Report: Rebuilding the ship of state
    16 May 2012 Leadership
    Special Report: Rebuilding the ship of state

    As the government prepares its civil service reform plans, CSW has carried out a major survey of civil servants – testing views both on how Whitehall is changing, and how it should change. Joshua Chambers reports.


    Exclusive: SCS faces stronger oversight
    16 May 2012 Leadership
    Exclusive: SCS faces stronger oversight

    The government’s civil service reform plan will increase the “corporate management” of the senior civil service and allow departments to better understand the abilities of employees in other organisations when recruiting, Sir Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service, has told CSW.


    Penman to be FDA general secretary
    16 May 2012 Leadership
    Penman to be FDA general secretary

    Dave Penman, the current deputy general secretary of the FDA, will become the trade union’s next general secretary later this year, it was announced yesterday.


    25 Apr 2012 Leadership
    O’Donnell defends officials

    Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has defended the civil service following attacks from backbench MPs – including Tory MP Douglas Carswell and minister Greg Barker – and newspapers.


    Interview: Andrew Dilnot
    12 Apr 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Andrew Dilnot

    The last chair of the UK Statistics Authority was a fierce defender of the impartial and objective use of statistics. His replacement, Andrew Dilnot, tells Joshua Chambers how he intends to operate in this sensitive and important role.


    Interview: Dr Malcolm McKibbin
    28 Mar 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Dr Malcolm McKibbin

    As head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Dr Malcolm McKibbin has a very challenging job. However, as he tells Joshua Chambers, the main challenge has evolved from ending the Troubles to stimulating business growth


    Permanent secretaries’ accountability to be sharpened
    07 Mar 2012 Leadership
    Permanent secretaries’ accountability to be sharpened

    Permanent secretaries’ objectives are likely to be expanded, with responsibility for cross-cutting government agendas – such as encouraging economic growth – included in their appraisal systems, cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has said. Meanwhile, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told CSW that permanent secretaries and ministers should be accountable to Parliament for the policies they helped to implement even when they have moved departments or retired.


    The blame game
    07 Mar 2012 Leadership
    The blame game

    When things go wrong in government, a ministerial scapegoat is often sought. Joshua Chambers examines the convention of ministerial responsibility – and asks whether it still holds the power to unseat secretaries of state.


    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses
    22 Feb 2012 Leadership
    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses

    Departmental select committee chairs have provided mixed reviews of the departments they scrutinise for a Civil Service World Special Report, which has found that 40 per cent of them are dissatisfied with departments’ responses to their reports.


    Kerslake: ‘Focus on restoring pride’
    08 Feb 2012 Leadership
    Kerslake: ‘Focus on restoring pride’

    Civil service leaders must praise good work, support employee development and remain “visible and understanding” to address the problem that civil servants are becoming less proud of their organisation, according to civil service head Sir Bob Kerslake.


    Interview: Stephen Laws
    08 Feb 2012 Leadership
    Interview: Stephen Laws

    After 37 years on Whitehall Stephen Laws, the government’s top drafter of legislation, is retiring. Suzannah Brecknell grabs him on his way out of the door to discuss a life spent writing laws for seven prime ministers


    25 Jan 2012 Leadership
    Editorial: The arguments for arguing

    Officials must fulfil their duty to challenge poor policies


    Opinion: Creative destruction
    25 Jan 2012 Leadership
    Opinion: Creative destruction

    To really transform public services, leaders must be braver, argues Alasdair Ramage.


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