National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) and GovHR USA Announce Joint Recruitment Effort The National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) and GovHR USA announce a joint recruitment effort to advance our organizations’ shared goal of increasing diversity, inclusion, and equity at all levels of local government. GovHR USA is a certified woman-owned businessRead More
Reducing or Flattening Payroll Costs in a Post Pandemic World Many of our local governments have been impacted negatively from a financial standpoint as a result of the pandemic. We have seen reductions in 2020 and expect to see more in 2021 and beyond. We have been told that 2021 may be worse than lastRead More
Checklist for New Managers ICMA provides resources for people at all stages of their local government career, but first-time administrators have unique challenges as well as new opportunities. The first thing first-time administrator should do is read the First-Time Administrators Handbook: https://icma.org/blog-posts/icma-resources-first-time-administrators In addition to this resource provided by ICMA, GovHR has prepared the listRead More
Announcing our Partnership in Interdisciplinary Public Safety Funding GovHR USA is pleased to announce a partnership with Janice Allen Jackson & Associates. This partnership with GovHR USA will provide consulting services for communities undertaking discussions regarding public safety funding, methods to reduce crime, and police-community relations. Janice is an experienced local government professional and thoughtRead More
Can Organizational Culture Sabotage Your Business Strategy? Does culture really eat your business strategy for breakfast just as Peter Drucker said? Does culture even have the power to swallow up your strategic plan as its own meal? Peter Drucker was actually directing our attention to the importance of aligning a well-defined people and process strategyRead More
Reflections, Resilience and Reinvention Like many of you have experienced, the current pandemic has created downtime in my schedule that I have not had in years, which has given me an opportunity to reflect on an almost 25-year career in public service and think about the next 15. Reflections: I have had a wide andRead More
Why you should have a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) In addition to having a current Emergency Operations Plan designed to respond to emergency incidents, local government should be positioned to respond to threats on its own operations through a well-defined Continuity of Operations Plan. Known as a “COOP”, the Federal Continuity Director 1 (FCDRead More
Why should you implement digital performance review? (How PRISM can meet your goals.) Performance review is an important opportunity for managers to provide feedback to their employees and receive feedback as well. The goal of performance review is to identify employees’ strengths and weaknesses so that as a manager, you can develop their strengths andRead More
Emergency Preparedness—Planning For Action That usually means that when incidents occur and response and mitigation are critical, Police, Fire, EMS, and Public Works departments are expected to have the knowledge, ability, training and plans to address these emergencies. The scope of this article is a focus on the National Preparedness Goal established by the FederalRead More
How to Attract a Diverse Candidate Pool for Your Community I recently had a client reach out to ask how their organization could better partner with us to attract more diverse candidate pools. Here are some of the opportunities we discussed: Be broad in your search: limiting a search to the local area or theRead More
