Do you need me?

A part of my management consulting practice - along with executive leadership coaching, teaching/training/professional development experiences and interim and fractional CAO services - involves executive search. In fact, this is my main area of service these days. A client, usually a local government, will contract with me to help them source and vet candidates for consideration for their managerial or executive level positions. So, it will be interesting to some that I teach and preach elements of an action plan that, if implemented, would render this part of my consulting work limited. Retention! Employers at the local government level have tools in the toolbox to address retention. Community quality of life, organizational attributes, governance and management refinements and best practices, etc. Yes, also compensation. Performance management, team-building, culture, staff relations, stay interviews and the like. While you will not “bat a 1,000” you will make appreciable improvements to your retention efforts with action plan elements including the above.