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    Leadership

    The latest Leadership news from Civil Service World
    New CEO should report to PM, says think-tank founder
    21 Aug 2014 Leadership
    New CEO should report to PM, says think-tank founder

    The new chief executive of the civil service will only have “sufficient authority” if he/she reports directly to the prime minister, rather than Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, John Healey, co-founder of new think-tank GovernUp, has said.


    Heywood defends creation of new chief exec role
    21 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Heywood defends creation of new chief exec role

    MPs are sceptical about the rush to appoint a CEO, reports Winnie Agbonlahor.


    Editorial: CSW too white? Don't shoot the messenger
    19 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Editorial: CSW too white? Don't shoot the messenger

    CSW magazine is full of white men. But don't shoot the messenger: we're depicting the reality of Whitehall's top leadership.


    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA
    19 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA

    Picking the right civil service CEO is important. But any candidate will encounter the job's structural challenges.


    Looking Across: Malcolm Stirling
    15 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Looking Across: Malcolm Stirling

    Malcolm Stirling, Business Consultant, Monster Worldwide Ltd


    Arrivals, moves and departures
    10 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Arrivals, moves and departures

    Appointments, job changes and exits among senior civil servants and key figures in the wider public service


    David Lewsey on how to increase staff engagement
    08 Aug 2014 Leadership
    David Lewsey on how to increase staff engagement

    The Veterinary Medicines Directorate saw its people survey score for management visibility rise by 12 points in a year. Its programme strategy manager David Lewsey explains how he did it


    Build Your Organisation: Robin Ryde
    08 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Build Your Organisation: Robin Ryde

    Civil service organisations must be agile to succeed – but they’re bound in chains of hierarchy and deference, argues Robin Ryde


    Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG
    07 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG

    Sailing into uncharted waters, the civil service has no rules on how to help the coalition parties prepare for an election.


    Chief operating officer Stephen Kelly resigns
    06 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Chief operating officer Stephen Kelly resigns

    The government’s chief operating officer Stephen Kelly has today announced he will leave the civil service in November to become the chief executive of business software firm Sage Group.


    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA
    04 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA

    After several bruising years, civil servants need the support and funds to achieve ministers’ goals – or the recovery could prompt an exodus 


    John Hirst to leave Met Office after 7 years
    01 Aug 2014 Leadership
    John Hirst to leave Met Office after 7 years

    John Hirst, chief executive of the Met Office, is leaving the civil service in September after seven years in the role.


    Build Your Skills: Andre Spicer
    01 Aug 2014 Leadership
    Build Your Skills: Andre Spicer

    Too many organisational cultures push clever people into doing daft things. The solutions start at the top.


    Interview: Sir Jeremy Heywood and Sir Bob Kerslake
    29 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Interview: Sir Jeremy Heywood and Sir Bob Kerslake

    As the search begins for a new head of the civil service, read the last interview by incumbent Sir Bob Kerslake – interviewed with the new titular head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood. Words by Matt Ross; picture by Mark Weeks


    New CEO to be recruited from the business world
    28 Jul 2014 Leadership
    New CEO to be recruited from the business world

    The Cabinet Office has made clear that its new chief executive will require substantial experience as a top business person, ruling out the vast majority of serving civil servants.


    David Nicholson on pursuing NHS reforms
    25 Jul 2014 Leadership
    David Nicholson on pursuing NHS reforms

    Sir David Nicholson was appointed chief executive of the NHS in 2006. He retained his position after the coalition came to power and pursued a set of reforms so big, he said, that you could probably see them from space.


    Arup chief confirmed as Environment Agency chairman
    23 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Arup chief confirmed as Environment Agency chairman

    Sir Philip Dilley has been confirmed as the new chairman of the Environment Agency, and will take up the post on 8 September 2014.


    Interview: John Pullinger
    21 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Interview: John Pullinger

    John Pullinger has this month started his new job as the UK’s new national statistician. He tells Winnie Agbonlahor about his priorities in the role.


    Collective responsibilities
    18 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Collective responsibilities

    Top New Zealand official Iain Rennie is reforming a system often lauded in the UK. Suzannah Brecknell reports


    Round-up: Select Committees
    18 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Round-up: Select Committees

    A whip round June's interesting committee reports and hearings, with Winnie Agbonlahor


    Heywood: cross-government working ‘problematic’
    18 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Heywood: cross-government working ‘problematic’

    The government has found cross-departmental working more “problematic” than improving coordination at the centre, cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 7 July.​


    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error
    17 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error

    An official responsible for an IT contracting error which cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £70m is no longer working for the department, its permanent secretary Jon Thompson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 16 June​.


    Kerslake: working with civil service was 'fantastic experience'
    16 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Kerslake: working with civil service was 'fantastic experience'

    Sir Bob Kerslake spoke of his commitment to public service today, as he told an audience of civil servants about his retirement next year.


    Clegg calls on civil servants to retain 'long-term perspective'
    16 Jul 2014 Leadership
    Clegg calls on civil servants to retain 'long-term perspective'

    Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg today told an audience of civil servants that ministers have a “duty to acknowledge and respect your role as the backbone of the public infrastructure, that has to survive the ebb and flow as governments come and go.”


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