No, minister : so you want to be a chief of staff? / Allan Behm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behm, Allan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Officials and employees.

Civil service.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Nothing prepares a person for the job of chief of staff to a Commonwealth Minister. There are no professional development courses, no specialist recruitment agencies and no training manuals. It was into this vortex that Allen Behm became chief of staff to Greg Combet in 2009, the minister responsible for managing carbon pricing and the pink batts crisis. A seasoned troubleshooter, Behm has an uncanny ability to anticipate and deflect political crises. By his measure success as a chief of staff is being an invisible force. 'Invaluable insight from an experienced insider into the closed world of callow political advisers and their disastrous impact on the performance of many Ministers.'—TERRY MORAN

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1 What is a Chief of Staff?

2 Becoming Chief of Staff

3 What Makes a Good Chief of Staff?

4 Who's In or Out of the Minister's Team?

5 Leadership Behind the Arras

6 Competition and Cooperation

7 Crossbenchers and the Opposition

8 Valuing the Public Service

9 The Minister's Principal Policy Advisor

10 The Balance Between Stakeholders and Expectations

11 Politics and Policy

12 Celebrating Success and Coping with Defeat

13 Planning for Life after Death

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522868159

0522868150

OCLC:

1493613922