by Lisa Sullivan | Aug 31, 2018 | Human Resources Services
High-Level Human Resources Organizational Assessment Executive Summary High-Level Human Resources Organizational Assessment Santa Barbara’s Human Resources Division is well versed in personnel processes and its customers are, on the whole, satisfied with the personnel...
by Rudolf Ohlemutz | Aug 15, 2018 | Public Works
MRG Perspectives—Project Outcomes, Lessons Learned and Takeaways with Rudolf Ohlemutz Rudolf is a Wastewater, Flood Control and Water Resources specialist with MRG. He has extensive experience in the engineering, regulatory and operational aspects of capital...
by Michelle Rodriguez | Aug 7, 2018 | MRG Perspective
Employers with Five or More Employees shall Provide Sexual Harassment Training to all Employees SB 1300 Pending in Assembly Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) a former prosecutor and practicing attorney, educator and small business owner authored SB 1300...
by Jack Dilles | Jul 31, 2018 | MRG Perspective, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions
Project Outcomes, Lessons Learned and Takeaways with Jack Dilles MRG Perspectives—Project Outcomes, Lessons Learned and Takeaways Jack Dilles works with local governments to create effective solutions to financial issues, focusing on strategic financial plans, new...
by Fred Deltorchio | Jul 25, 2018 | Fred Deltorchio, Workplace Investigations
Tips for Reading Body Language The article Eight Great Tricks for Reading People’s Body Language, by Dr. Travis Bradberry, provides a crash course for aspiring deception detectors. Proceed with caution; reading people’s body language is not an exact science and...
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...
by Fred Deltorchio | Jul 6, 2018 | Fred Deltorchio, Workplace Investigations
Addressing Complaints of Workplace Misconduct — A Critical Test for Leaders Fred has over 30 years of Law Enforcement experience and served as the Police Chief and Interim City Manager for the City of Hercules, California. He has extensive experience in police...
by MRG | Jun 29, 2018 | Conferences, Human Resources Services
We are excited to announce that MRG has been selected to speak at the 43rd Annual California Public Employers Labor Relations Associate (CALPELRA) Training Conference again. This is a great opportunity for MRG to share insights and expertise with labor relations...
by Mary Egan | Jun 22, 2018 | CEO Evaluations, Mary Egan
The Four Pillars of Failure – Why Boards fall out of love with their Chief Executives I remember getting a call from a CEO who sounded like she’d just been run over by a freight train. “It came out of the blue,” she said. “I had no idea what hit me.” What she...
by Valerie Ruxton | Jun 15, 2018 | Workplace Investigations
Don’t find fault. Find a remedy. – Henry Ford The recent grand jury indictments of Harvey Weinstein are extreme examples of workplace sexual harassment (in fact, they are criminal sexual assault charges). While most workplace sexual harassment allegations do not...
