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What can Canadian executives learn from the sequester?
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Employees cannot be productive and feel that they will not be rewarded or that they are expendable.
How to innovate in a bureaucracy
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What do you do if you're a leader in a large department of the public service with an entrenched bureaucracy,...
The power of partnership
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The winners of the IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards have been announced. The program “recognizes organizations that have demonstrated outstanding...
What’s the difference between leadership and management?
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It remains perennially important to distinguish between what makes a great manager and what makes a great leader. These two...
Five leadership strategies for personal and professional success
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James Kendrick’s January article The Right Leadership got me thinking about how being a better leader personally can lead to...
A summit for today’s leaders
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When it comes to the public sector, few would argue that the sea is calm. The drivers of change –...
Reality bites: Picking up the collaboration challenge
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Rarely now can government, on its own, successfully address issues on behalf of Canadians.
The power of being an oxymoron
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Are you an iron-willed pussycat? A creative imitator? A hesitant risktaker? A competent self-doubter? In short, are you a paradox?
Becoming a digital nation
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It is clear that mobile, digital media is transforming the way in which organizations, families and governments interact and communicate...
Recruiting a better business bureaucracy
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This month, I’ll break from the tradition and look at a book that Canadian government executives should be aware of,...