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How to Survive as an Executive season 1 episode 1: Leading Remotely in a Crisis
The Government of Canada pivoted quickly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From coast to coast to coast, executives led their teams in transitioning to home offices while continuing to serve Canadians and adapt to the national lockdown.
1 hour or less

How to Survive as an Executive season 1 episode 3: Leading with Calm and Authenticity
You love your job as an executive, but it's not always easy. You do your best to balance your personal life with your professional role. When stress arises, you strive to remain calm and behave in an authentic way while staying open to the world.
1 hour or less

How to Survive as an Executive season 1 episode 4: Yes, you can change the system! Here's how.
Hear from David Conabree, Director General of Employment Programs at the Canada Revenue Agency, about ways to simplify the red tape of government bureaucracy so that you can better navigate the sometimes-rigid system to offer ideas and solutions.
1 hour or less

How to Survive as an Executive season 2 episode 1: Learning from your Mistakes
As an executive, you may be afraid to take risks and make mistakes that might damage your career. But everyone makes mistakes. What's important is knowing how you can innovate and experiment despite the possibility of failure.
1 hour or less

How to Survive as an Executive season 2 episode 4: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas
As executives, we encounter ethical dilemmas in our professional life almost every day. Some ethical questions have quick and straightforward answers and a clear right and wrong. But sometimes, challenges do not align with our personal values and our responsibilities as public servants.
1 hour or less

Innovate on Demand episode 10: Consensus Hiring and Surge Teams
Surge teams are the groups of employees who tackle the priority initiatives that deputy ministers and other senior government officials identify. In this episode of Innovate on Demand, Joyce Silver, a member of the School's surge team, discusses the nature of this dynamic work and how to find the right people to perform on such teams.
1 hour or less

Innovate on Demand episode 11: Predictive Hiring
The current hiring process in the public service uses specific keywords to map out education, skills and experience onto a defined list of essential and merit criteria. On this episode of Innovate on Demand, Free Agent Étienne Laliberté discusses the idea of assessing applicants against a set of behavioural characteristics, a practice known as "predictive hiring." Listen now.
1 hour or less