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Our Local Government Model: It’s Broken, So Let’s Fix It

July 1, 2015 By Ed Everett

PERSPECTIVES If you have tried something for a couple of decades and it is not working then you should try something else.  I am not speaking about our form of local government (council/manager, strong mayor, etc) but rather the way we do our work regardless of the form. My hypothesis is that the local government […]

Filed Under: Govern, Perspectives, Public Engagement, Uncategorized Tagged With: accountability, citizens, civic engagement, customer service, decision-making, governance, leadership, partnerships, productivity

Career Compass No. 38: Your Staff Meetings Don’t Have To Be Dreary

April 22, 2015 By Frank Benest

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CAREER COMPASS I supervise an operations group in a community services special district. Our district has a lot of responsibilities and is always trying to address the demands of our service recipients. Because we try to move fast, I hold a weekly staff meeting to keep the 15 operations staff people informed and, hopefully, engaged. […]

Filed Under: Communication, Lead, Managing People Tagged With: career compass, employees, engagement, frank benest, productivity, staff meetings

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