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Leading Questions

Leading Questions


Leading Questions

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Length:
22 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Leading Questions is a podcast about public sector leadership, published by Global Government Forum.
Every episode we interview a former senior civil servant and ask them to reflect on key challenges they have faced in their career and what they learned from them.
Packed with interesting insights into government, inspiring stories and handy advice, this is leadership in practice.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 22 episodes

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Flipping the script with former Bank of England chief economist – Andy Haldane

In this, the last episode of Leading Questions series 3, Andy Haldane talks about thriv...

47 minutes
Oct 19, 2023

From COVID-19 to Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Estonia’s top public servant Taimar Peterkop's tips for dealing with crises

Estonia’s most senior civil servant, secretary of state Taimar Peterkop, shares his ins...

35 minutes
Sep 07, 2023

‘I always knew that my anchor was health’ – Dame Una O’Brien

In this episode of Leading Questions Dame Una O’Brien, who was permanent secretary of t...

55 minutes
Aug 10, 2023

‘Find your references, your mirrors and your mentors’ – Israel Pastor Sainz-Pardo

Podcast host Siobhan Benita speaks know-how and knock-backs with the deputy director o...

45 minutes
Jun 29, 2023

‘Empowering people with a sense of possibility’ – Iain Rennie

Iain Rennie spent 30 years in the New Zealand Public Service culminating in eight years...

48 minutes
Jun 01, 2023

What makes for a responsive government? BONUS EPISODE

This special episode of Leading Questions shares the results from the 2023 Responsive G...

30 minutes
May 26, 2023

‘Serve your country – you will never regret it’ – Noreen Hecmanczuk

In the first of our Leading Questions podcasts to feature an American federal governme...

49 minutes
May 04, 2023

‘Unless you fight for it, it’s not worth it once you get there’ – Phindile Baleni

Phindile Baleni was appointed secretary to South Africa’s cabinet and director general ...

45 minutes
Mar 30, 2023

Pursuing gender parity in the public sector - BONUS EPISODE

To mark International Women’s Day, we bring you a special edition podcast in which two...

25 minutes
Mar 07, 2023

Find out what governments’ priorities will be in the year ahead - BONUS EPISODE

In this bonus podcast in the Leading Questions feed, GGF executive editor Richard Johns...

40 minutes
Feb 02, 2023