To be a person on the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
Caption: “Which 3 words would you use to describe the FLS programme?”
“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:
Mining the ruins on the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS)
Hello dear reader,
It’s hard to see what’s in front of me — the light hides behind a thick fog, shadows and reflections are few and far between. This is a mess of thoughts that seem to have no end or purpose.
You see, I didn’t think I had what it took to write about the Future Leaders Scheme. I didn’t think I had the skill, courage, bandwidth, or audacity. And I didn’t believe anyone would want to read what I had to share.
But writing has been my primary way to make meaning here, to traverse the distance between no longer and not yet. When I write, I tell my truth in the most meaningful, stirring way I can — even if it is only those things to me.
So, here goes.