1. What qualities and characteristics do you look for in hiring new personnel? How do you vetted them on whether they will be a good fit for your organization and goals?
2. What type of networks do you use in recruiting people to your organization or to find well qualified applicants? How much difficulty has your organization experienced in the recent past in attracting and hiring good employees?
3. What are the best avenues and methods to motivate and encourage employees? Explain your answers.
4. In Chapter 3 of The Effective Local Government Manager, it lists ways a local government manager can strengthen the policy capacity of their elected officials. How many of these does your local government utilize?
5. Also in Chapter 3, it mentions three main sources of potential conflicts between the governing body and the local government manager. Are any of them present in your organization or local government? If your local government doesn’t have a professional manager, are any of these present between the governing body and the Mayor or County Commission Chairman?
6. In being a good worker or supervisor, what Bible verses guide your actions and thoughts?
GOV669-Servant Leadership.pdf
GOV669-Seven Things Successful Leaders Ignore.pdf
7. In these two articles above, do you consider yourself as a Servant Leader? Why or why not? In the Seven Things Successful Leaders Ignore, how many do you practice? Are there any others you would add to this list?
Please answer the following questions and make sure you identify which question you are answering.
The Effective Public Manager 5th Edition
Editors: Steven Cohen, William Eimicke and Tanya Hekkila
Copyright 2013 By John Wiley and SOns. iNC
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