2009.06.11
Herring: Don't rush city manager decisions
First, define the relationship
Ron Herring
Herring, of Roanoke, is the retired CEO of Lutheran Family Services of Virginia and is an adjunct faculty member at Radford University.
After the announcement of that Roanoke's city manager will be leaving, the chair of the council search committee observed that "now we need to establish the criteria for selection of a new city manager." Whoa, Nellie!
There is a lot of work to do before any thinking about criteria. Selection of a leader or manager is considered the single most important task of a governing body. Haste will make waste and there will not be an opportunity for a do-over.
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