by Shirley Concolino | Nov 6, 2025 | Human Resources Services
California’s Senate Bill 707 marks a major update to the way local governments communicate with residents. It is intended to diversify and increase public engagement in local government and to modernize the Ralph M. Brown Act in response to advances in communications...
by Shirley Concolino | Sep 15, 2025 | Human Resources Services, Leadership Development & Support
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...
by Shirley Concolino | Jul 13, 2018 | Human Resources Services
Manage For Performance? Managing for performance is developing specific behaviors as a manager that are designed to increase job performance. These behaviors must be tied to the organization’s mission, vision and values. You also must tailor performance management...
