Purposeful work key to employee motivation
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A widely held notion, humorously illustrated in the film Jerry Maguire through the phrase "Show me the money!" is that...
Performance management: What’s in it for you?
4 min read
Performance management seems to be everywhere these days, with much of the push coming from central agencies.
Four principles for application modernization
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With 69 percent of IT operating budgets and 54 percent of IT capital budgets now going toward maintaining existing systems,...
Alberta priorities
7 min read
CGE Vol.13 No.4 April 2007 Robert Parkins, editorial director, met recently with Shirley Howe, Public Service Commissione
Are you FAT enough?
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Anyone who has been told by a doctor to lose weight has undoubtedly been introduced to the body mass index...
Leadership moderne : souplesse, compétence et collaboration
6 min read
La fonction publique de demain sera assurément différente de celle d’aujourd’hui, et ce, au sein de tous les ordres de...
Project management excellence
4 min read
Building project management and business transformation capacity is critical to advancing public sector reform.
Citizen gains: Meeting New Zealand’s service expectations
6 min read
New Zealand's State Services comprise 31 percent of GDP. State servants play a critical role in delivering frontline services to...
The Boomerang executive
6 min read
Whether it's travel, improving your golf swing or finally tackling the to-do list, nearly everyone longs for the relaxation, leisure...
A bridge, a budget and a battle of wills
7 min read
When Terry Fallis worked as a political staffer on Parliament Hill and at Queen's Park in the 1980s, he had...