Future public service leaders need passion and compassion, says Hoffmeister

By Dan Holmes

March 18, 2024

Tristan Hoffmeister
National Portrait Gallery access and learning director Tristan Hoffmeiste. (Image: The Mandarin)

It’s axiomatic to some public service leaders that they aren’t here to make friends. But noted leadership enthusiast Tristan Hoffmeister thinks developing personal relationships is the best way to create a happy, productive team.

The National Portrait Gallery access and learning director has a nearly full house of cultural portfolios, having started his APS journey at the National Museum before moving through a variety of leadership positions in federal and ACT cultural institutions.

Speaking to the next generation of public service leaders as part of the IPAA ACT Future

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