How to give and receive feedback effectively in the public service

Speakers

• Rell DeShaw

  Assistant Director, FIN Program, Settlement and Integration Policy (SIP) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

  Canada

• Susan Johnston

  Former Talent Manager, Canada’s Free Agents, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

  Canada

• Achim Ladwig

  Chief of Division at the European Union's Committee of the Regions

  Belgium

• Rell DeShaw, long-time manager with the Government of Canada, is a life-long learner who is passionate about learning about management and leadership. She is a regular contributor to apolitical.co and writes a blog at https://lettertoanewmanager.wordpress.com/.

• Susan Johnston, who is passionate about dialogue, and creating new spaces for people to learn and collaborate on topics they care about. Susan has explored these interests across the federal public service in Canada and her local community, using her skills to support public engagement and partnerships, conflict resolution, the arts, and well-being. Susan is part of the Government of Canada’s Free Agents program and is currently working with the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada. Previously, worked at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Canada School of Public Service, the Privy Council Office, and in communications policy and international collaboration at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

• Achim Ladwig, Chief of Division at the European Union's Committee of the Regions in Brussels, is responsible for digital media. In 2015 he was the European Union Fellow in residence at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Boston MA. Prior to that, he was the speechwriter for the Vice-President of the European Commission in Brussels and responsible for press and communication matters. He is also a regular guest lecturer, on post-graduate European Studies and European Development & Security Policy at the University of Aachen, Germany. His professional career began at the policy department of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Research in Germany. Since 2000, he has been a staff member of the European Commission, posted both in Brussels and outside Europe. He dealt extensively with the EU’s relation with countries in the Horn of Africa, and served at EU Embassies in Khartoum (Sudan), Baghdad (Iraq), and Freetown (Sierra Leone) and was responsible for political affairs, as well as development cooperation. In 2009-2010, he was the EU’s Chargé d’affaires in Baghdad. He graduated with an M.A. degree in Sociology and in Political Science at the University of Aachen.