Business of Government: performance pay, Spirit of Service Awards and more...

Business of Government: performance pay, Spirit of Service Awards and more...
A successful public sector CEO is a team player, says public sector consultant Deb Te Kawa. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Act wants to pay performance bonuses to CEOsThe Act party has called for a return to a more traditional performance framework with chief executives given measurable goals and performance pay.In fact, it wants to go further and make CEO performance reviews more of a public spectacle. BusinessDesk has previously attempted to obtain these reviews under the Official Information Act but was refused – a stance which the Ombudsman agreed with on privacy grounds.By the time Labour was elected to office in 2017, public service commissioner Peter H...

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