***image1***It appears, from several recent news accounts detailing havoc and destruction wrought by certain Santa Fe elected officials due to excessive micromanagement, that some remedial management training is in order.
So, in order to assist our mayor and those councilors who seem to have forgotten their proper roles, vis-Ã -vis city staff, I have prepared a handy guide, which can be cut out and carried with them, to serve as an appropriate refresher and reminder. This guide should be consulted at Santa Fe meetings of the governing body, as well as committee meetings and before interacting with staff at all levels.
CITY OF SANTA FE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Good Legal Benefits many Santa Feans Facilitates broad visions and missions Creates high morale and team spirit Rewards cooperation and collaboration Driven by altruism Delivers quality city services for all Allows for a strong, independent city manager Empowers staff to solve problems Results in city high-performance levels Enables healthy compromise on policy votes Welcomes broad public input and debate Focuses on the future Promotes long range planning | Bad Illegal (see City Code) Benefits a chosen few Santa Feans Facilitates petty personal agendas Creates dysfunction and divisiveness Rewards backstabbing and tattling Driven by narcissism Delivers special favors to select few Allows for a weak, puppet-like city manager Terrorizes staff into immobility Results in city gridlock Enables trading policy votes for staff changes Welcomes narrow input by political backers Focuses on the present moment Gives instant gratification at future expense |
If further guidance is needed, I recommend consulting
another source of management wisdom:
“What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.�
â€"Analects of Confucius, Chapter 15, Verse 23, c. 500 B.C.E.
Santa Fe Reporter