Deputy ministers are all ambitious and are all trying to keep moving ahead in their careers, and someone who is a poor performer doesn't. That's the number one sanction, in addition to the consequences for their at-risk pay.
November 7th, 2006 / 5:25 p.m.
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Senior Personel and Special Projects Secretariat, Privy Council Office
Deputy ministers are all ambitious and are all trying to keep moving ahead in their careers, and someone who is a poor performer doesn't. That's the number one sanction, in addition to the consequences for their at-risk pay.
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