Le dilemme d’Obama: fermeté ou écoute?
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Au moment où s'amorce la présidence d'Obama, les spéculations vont bon train sur le genre de dirigeant qu'il sera :...
Gender’s digital divide
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To start with a timeless question: what do woman want? Presumably, whatever else may be on their list, they want...
Tomorrow’s Deputy: Outward looking and visible
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In the January issue, Ruth Hubbard and David Zussman discussed the importance of speaking truth to power.
Collaborative effort to renew public service culture
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Recently I had the opportunity to be part of a panel discussion at the Collaborative Culture Camp (C3) in Ottawa...
Decoding tribal culture
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Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright Collins, 297 pages,...
How the mighty fail
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Good leaders can make bad decisions. President Kennedy blundered over the Bay of Pigs. Margaret Thatcher championed a poll tax...
Living the canada@150 vision
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Recognizing that the federal public service must evolve to keep pace with change, canada@150 was an innovative project launched to...
Valuing Public Service
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Bill Greenlaw is the elected president of the Institute for Public Administration in Canada. His keynote speech to their annual...
Performance management: What’s in it for you?
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Performance management seems to be everywhere these days, with much of the push coming from central agencies.
The CFO’s role in fiscal sustainability
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In the current economic climate, the finance function role in the public service is under a spotlight.