This article discusses three levels of relationships that exist between council members and managers; discusses the importance of a good working relationship between the two; and outlines common areas of unhappiness, such as lack of "chemistry" and personality clashes, disagreement with the role of the manager and other power conflicts, and jealousy and dissatisfaction with department heads...

This article outlines a quantitative approach to establish a ranking of major projects by priority in order to improve project completion....

This article outlines Santa Clarita, California's strategy for appraisal of its city manager’s performance, which involves the use of a third party facilitator.

This article describes the habits of highly effective governing bodies, suggesting that local government and its citizens deserve, and should demand, competent leadership.

This article describes the process of evaluating the performance of the chief local government administrator and presents reasons why performance evaluation...

Gives examples of how this was done in San Louis Obispo, California. Discusses team