There is little doubt that trusteeship can be a highly rewarding experience, one that not only provides the opportunity to ‘give something back’ but also encourages development, both personally and professionally.
But at what price? In this current climate, boards are increasingly finding themselves faced with tougher, more arduous decision-making than ever before.. Some may argue [...]
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At Veredus we have been directly involved in numerous appointments of people with private sector backgrounds to the public sector. We have teamed up with the Sunday Times to start an online debate over the issues surrounding attracting private sector executives to the public sector.
Executives entering the public sector from the private sector can [...]
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A recent report sponsored by the New Local Government Network suggested that there is a looming crises in local government as a third of the workforce are set to retire over the next ten years, with authorities set to lose significantly higher proportions of senior managers.
This has a number of implications for public sector organisations [...]
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The drive to achieve greater efficiency out of public sector resources has led to a perceived need for recruiting individuals with important commercial skills such as an ability to innovate, effective resource management, project management and risk management.
Trends such as the drive towards partnership working in local government, a need for tighter financial management in [...]
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