Research and analysis

Future Issues for public service leaders

This paper focuses on current and potential future challenges for senior leaders and the role collaboration can play in solving them.

From:
Government Skills and Curriculum Unit and Leadership College for Government
Published
25 July 2022

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The aim of the project was to assess the pressures facing leaders of public services currently to understand the driving factors behind them and chart how these pressures might develop over the next few years.

The review and analysis in this report has identified four thematic areas which may pose issues for leaders over the coming years. Each area contains a set of key challenges for public services leaders, which are summarised below:

  • moving public services online
  • the changing role of the state
  • rising complexity
  • new expectations of leadership
Published 25 July 2022