Over The Barrel: Leadership lessons from GV Ramakrishna (GVR) – an exemplar civil servant

GV Ramakrishna recognised the thin line that divided the architects of policy from the preferment of advice. Politicians were elected to define the former; bureaucrats were responsible for the latter. GVR spoke truth to the political powers that were, but he also respected their distinctively different roles and accountabilities. GVR was prescient in placing gas on the same pedestal as oil. Gas had, until the 1980s, been regarded as a poor cousin of oil

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