Hope in the dark on the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
Credit: “After the Rain” by Clare Allan
“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 previous reflections on the scheme here:
Adrift in the snow on the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
Hello dear reader,
This is my first deep breath. I’m standing here thinking about the scheme, about the scars it’s left on me. How it has left me breathless.
If the scheme was a year of transition, of transformation (of sorts), then now is the sweet, quiet relief of endings. I sometimes have to remind myself that the year really did happen and was not some kind of bad dream.
I am holding things together because I have to, not really because I’m ok. I have been kept afloat by sporadic moments of connection, sparks of joy and love and wisdom. There must be better things ahead for me. From the experience: am I better than I was? And will I be better than I am?
Maybe I’m about to find out.
So, here goes.