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The Brimeyer Group, Ltc <br />■UCVTIVI •IMCa <br />TM CMfULTIMO <br />Fifty South Ninth Avenue <br />Suite 101 <br />Hopkins, MN 55343 <br />voice: (952) 945-0246 <br />fax: (952) 945-0102 <br />e-mail:biimgroup@aol.com <br />web: www.brimgroup.com <br />U <br />O <br />o> <br />QJ <br />H <br />spring Issue <br />April 2003 <br />VM. 11, Issue 2 <br />Is Your Oiganization <br />Achieving Its Greatest <br />Potential? <br />by James Brimeyer <br />For eleven years. The Brimeyer Group <br />has been assisting local governments, <br />semi-public, and non-profit organizations <br />in the recruitment and selection of quality <br />management staff. We have built our <br />reputation on providing comprehensive <br />search services because we believe an <br />organization's most important resources <br />are the Board and the staff. <br />These are times of scarce economic <br />resources. America is at war, investment <br />portfolios have declined, non-profits are <br />struggling, endowments are suffering, the <br />airlines are laying off — and government <br />bodies are being asked to do more. <br />In these times of reduced revenues and <br />shrinking budgets, it makes a lot of sense <br />for an organization to explore options to <br />become more effective. This may be the <br />time to assess your Board's strengths and <br />weaknesses. Think about how your <br />organization works and how you approach <br />the way you do business. Ask how you <br />can create an environment that assures the <br />Board and staff arc working well together. <br />if your Board or staff could benefit from <br />adopting a new point of view, or if prob­ <br />lems seem to arise from operating with <br />different points of view, give us a call. <br />Objective guidance from an outside source <br />can bring big benefits. When the Board <br />and staff are really working together, the <br />efficiency and effectiveness of the organi­ <br />zation will increase. <br />If you serve on a Board or Council, you <br />may ask yourself, "What win our successors <br />L <br />say about the decisions we make today?" <br />You know your organization has reached <br />its greatest potential, when your succes­ <br />sors say, "We appreciate they had the <br />courage to do the right thing." <br />Consulting Services <br />GOVERNANCE <br />Focused or Fractured Decisions? <br />This model provides a process, even a <br />discipline, for decision making to help a <br />Board define the issues and focus on <br />desired results and outcomes. It assists <br />the CEO and staff by utilizing a method <br />to define the issues, consider the options, <br />and develop recommendations that meet <br />expectations. The model focuses on the <br />outside world and moving toward <br />desired ends or outcomes. Discussions <br />include how a Board needs to generate a <br />powerful Mission Statement that <br />includes: <br />• Results terminology <br />• Succinct language <br />• Recognition and acceptance both <br />in the community and v/ithin the <br />oigaiuzation <br />ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT <br />Re-engineer or Re-trench? <br />An evaluation designed to detetmine <br />what changes could be made to assist an <br />organization to efficiently provide services <br />to the customer. The evaluation includes <br />an assessment of the current systems, a <br />determination of strengths and weak­ <br />nesses, and the identification of alterna­ <br />tives to organizational structure and <br />resource sharing. <br />EMPLOYEE EVALUATION <br />Motivate or Threaten? <br />Training in how to conduct an employee <br />evaluation and how to evaluate job related <br />continued . . . <br />.. -I-