A document listing the desired attributes of a future leader of a Ministerial Department has caused a storm in the UK. One of its recommendations is that a candidate be able to "balance ministers' or high-level stakeholders' immediate needs or priorities with the long-term aims of their department, being shrewd about what needs to be sacrificed, at what costs and what the implications might be".
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A document listing the desired attributes of a future leader of a Ministerial Department has caused a storm in the UK. One of its recommendations is that a candidate be able to "balance ministers' or high-level stakeholders' immediate needs or priorities with the long-term aims of their department, being shrewd about what needs to be sacrificed, at what costs and what the implications might be".