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The elephant in the public service
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‘Elephant in the room’ is a metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss......
Principled Evaluation: Who Cares?
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Compared to audit professionals and their preoccupation with “independence”, evaluation specialists may seem unconcerned about ethical principles. Their fixation is......
Solving Complex Problems
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Having a clear definition of success is one of the key components in achieving the desired results of a project......
Creating a sense of urgency
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Time is of the essence for Alice’s White Rabbit. In business, time is money. In government, the call to timely......
Survey: Professional development
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Professional development is tremendously important to members of Canada’s public sector. Canadian Government Executive has teamed up with Chartered Professional......
InCiSE Index Results 2017
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The International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index project, a collaboration between the Blavatnik School of Government and the Institute for......
Bookshelf: The Captain Class
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Yogi Berra, Maurice (The Rocket) Richard, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, and Derek Jeter. Five elite athletes who led championship teams.......
Building a Collaborative Advantage
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Three years before his death in 2011, Jack Layton released a revised and updated edition of his 2000 book, retitled......
Fostering Resilience: How to Effectively Manage Workplace Stress
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In today’s workplace, individuals increasingly face dynamic and difficult challenges that require adaptation. In fact, the acronym VUCA has been......
September 2017 issue: Fostering Resilience
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We are happy to share with you the September 2017 issue of Canadian Government Executive. In this issue, you’ll find......