As focusing on leadership in the public sector must be a priority, the government has been prompted to open a special centre. It has a comprehensive offering including coaching, toolkits, events and training. It has developed particular expertise in 180° and 360° assessment and offers a nine-month Leadership in Practice development programme coordinated by experienced facilitators.

The Public Service Commission has conducted an initial audit of appointments to senior positions in the federal government. It looked at the extent of compliance of processes with five legislative, regulatory and policy requirements and concluded that two of them have scope for improvement: official languages obligations and, especially, the order of preference for applications. 

On the basis that 80% of the company’s staff are always on the move, management has replaced its aging intranet with a new “social media” type solution. Consultation statistics point to the fact that employees find the new app useful and that it has very quickly become part of their daily routines. They mainly use it to communicate, react and put forward ideas as part of discussion groups.