Staying on TOP: The Interview

Posted on July 25, 2016

Editors note:  Welcome to the second installment of a new blog series from Seneca Systems CEO Chris Maddox. You might remember him from other ELGL webinars and posts such as “4 Most Egregious Issues in Local Government Software Purchasing,”  “Rewind: The 4-1-1 on Slack," and "Staying on TOP: Recruiting Young Talent".  This post is (un)fortunately...

Hiring Process or Reality TV?

Posted on July 25, 2016

By Ashley Jacobs Maybe it’s just us.  It’s possible that my colleagues and I are just magnets for crazy.  But I’m guessing that if you’ve ever been on a job hunt in local government, you’ve also been placed in some situations that are eerily, uncomfortably, maybe even comically, similar to reality television shows. Let’s take...

What Would You Do: Scaling Up

Posted on July 23, 2016

Local governments face constant challenges, opportunities and threats. In this ongoing series, we’ll look at case studies from Management Partners’ files to see what challenges confronted the organizations, how leaders decided to respond, and what the results are. Test your problem-solving skills and figure out what you would do! By Julie Zimmerman | Chief Knowledge Officer...

Local Gov Kit N’ Caboodle

Posted on July 19, 2016

Please take a minute and complete this survey about local government leadership. ELGL member Jason Jones is compiling some best practice information (that he'll compile and share with ELGL members, natch). We'll send some sweet ELGL swag and a $25 Target gift card to anyone who completes the survey (and shares their contact information -...

We’ve Arrived in Wrightsville!

Posted on July 13, 2016

This is a post in the "ELGL at the Beach" series; read the full series and posts from Kent and Ben here. We have arrived in Wrightsville Beach for the North Carolina Local Government Budget Association conference! It was a relatively uneventful flight to NC from PDX, and then we picked up Ben today for...