by Mary Egan | Sep 15, 2025 | Ask Mary, Coaching & Training, Leadership Development & Support, Mary Egan, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions
This is Ask Mary, an advice column dedicated to helping public sector leaders address common issues and challenges with grace, humility and wit. In this column, MRG CEO and founding partner Mary Egan offers her unique perspective and wisdom honed over two decades of...
by Patty Francisco | Sep 15, 2025 | Human Resources Services, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions, Project Management
As part of the HR On-Demand suite of services offered by MRG, I routinely receive requests from HR Directors who will ask me to come to their agency to perform an organizational assessment. They’ll describe a very specific set of problems in their organization in...
by Shirley Concolino | Sep 15, 2025 | Human Resources Services, Leadership Development & Support, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions, Project Management
In the last eight years working with MRG, I’ve performed organizational assessments at cities across California, often focused on City Clerks’ offices. Recently I’ve noticed an alarming trend of what I’ll call “policy deserts”: policies and procedures are often...
