Delight and dissonance on the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
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“Future Leaders Scheme is building a diverse, robust pipeline to senior roles. You’re part of the high potential, talented civil servants who can get there.”
The Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) is one of the UK Civil Service’s Accelerated Development Schemes, aimed at high-potential grade 6 and 7 civil servants. You can read my early reflections on the scheme here:
Dazzle and displacement over the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
Hello dear reader, I’m so happy you’ve arrived.
This piece is more raw, less crafted, from the heart. It turned out to be tricky to write since it required a delicate balancing act of not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
I feel like I’m wandering around with a blindfold on. It was as if I was waiting for a single ray of light (like a warm hello) to dispel the despondency. The best thing I can do right now is, when the moments of joy come (mostly coffee and cake-related), to allow myself to feel them deeply.
A path to surviving the scheme comes in and out of focus in front of my eyes. And I’m conscious that if I have been defined by my role in this struggle, and that struggle ends, then who am I? Yes, I think I will write about that, too.
So, here goes.
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