Ruth Hubbard is a practitioner, advisor, explorer and published writer about governance and management challenges, especially in the public and not-for-profit sectors. She served for more than a decade as a federal deputy minister, during implementation of Canada ’s value-added tax (the GST) as well, later, as Master of the Royal Canadian Mint and President of the Public Service Commission. Currently a senior fellow at The Centre on Governance and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, she is a senior partner in Invenire.
About the ideas in Ruth’s book…
Profession: Public Servant offers glimpses into the federal government’s corridors of power during a decade of profound change and underscores the importance of learning for individuals, groups, and organizations in today’s fast-paced world. It sets out a former deputy minister’s take on the “burden of office” of the role and on the difficulties of staying out of one ditch – excessive concern with safeguarding a few key principles – without sliding into another – being too anxious to please or too tempted to put personal interests first. The story emphasizes the constructive contribution of experience and imagination, especially when it is enriched by on-the-job reflection.
Quality Paperback, Published in 2009, 6×9″ 138 pp
ISBN: 978-0-9813931-3-1 $17.95
distributor’s EAN: 9780889701308