Note to staff: leave no stone unturned, and ask for help

The moment, and your direct bosses—and their bosses, the voting taxpayers—are looking for you to rise to the occasion.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, speaks with reporters in the West Block in May 2023 accompanied by his then-media relations director Sebastian Skamski, left. As a staffer, performance-based accountability tells you everything you need to know about how to work, grow, and succeed, writes Don Guy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DON GUY

September 17, 2025

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