Tag: DeputyMinister
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Balancing Urgency and Patience: The Minister/Deputy’s Leadership Paradox in Transformation
Governing in Urgent Times In today’s political environment, urgency is a constant. Ministers face relentless demands from citizens, media, and stakeholders for quick results. Deputies, as the professional stewards of the public service, must translate this urgency into sustainable organizational action. Yet transformation, by its nature, requires patience. Major reforms in digital service delivery, regulatory…
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Yes, Minister (au Canada!)
I prepared this op-ed as both a match assessment (betting line?) for observers and as a perspective specifically for the players involved in this intended, one-in-a-lifetime transformation of the federal government. Parliament sits with a new cabinet and lofty ambitions to get things done. It is, once again, a time of hope. Let’s temper those…
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Leadership at the Summit: Ministers and Deputies as Catalysts of Cultural Accountability
At the Peak of the Pyramid Ministers and Deputy Ministers stand at the summit of Canada’s public service and political governance structure. While the operational machinery of government depends on Directors General and Assistant Deputy Ministers, the tone, pace, and cultural priorities of the system are ultimately set at the very top. In the Westminster…
