What a minister wants and what a minister needs won’t always be the same. But, as a former minister and vice president, if there was only one thing I could ask from a civil servant it would be their frank and fearless advice. This blog is my honest (frank and fearless) advice to a civil servant.

Staff meetings can play a key role in getting things done. They are a space for coordination, conflict resolution and engagement. In this blog I share three ways to use staff meetings to engage your teams towards results.

To get things done in the public sector requires a high level of coordination. Disagreements between teams hinder implementation. This is a short story about how to manage those tensions.

You need an effective presentation if you want your ideas to move forward. The main focus of this blog is how to prepare a presentation to grab a decision maker’s attention. I’ll share what I learned from presenting to the President, seeing other ministers do it and from my own expectations of what I was looking for as a minister

After 2020 you’ve earned your juggler badge. As civil servants, we are constantly putting out fires. Everything needs to be done yesterday! In this article, I share three tricks to increase your productivity and regain your motivation.

Public sector organizations require good management. While Trillion Dollar Coach isn’t necessarily a must-read book in public policy, it’s definitely valuable and should probably be added to the list. In this blog I share my three takeaways and how they can be applied in the public sector.