Practical strategies for leaders Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, Leadership, Stewart Gary Tag: Fire Department Consulting, Leadership June 18, 2007 By Stewart Gary, June 2007 Leadership: Individual or Organizationally Based? Now that you are a leader getting work done through others, are you finding the role challenging? In all probability, yes! Most likely, no Read More
Character: the first and last frontier of leadership theory Categories: Cornerstone, In the News, Leadership, Rick Carr Tag: Leadership, Leadership Development May 19, 2007 By Rick Carr, May 2007 Emotional intelligence, 360-degree leadership, change management, strategic agility, leadership perspectives, culture of trust, managing chaos, discovering leadership strengths, leadership by breaking the rules, encouraging employees’ hearts, and customer centricity. Read More
Incident management teams trained and ready Categories: Cornerstone, Emergency Management & Operations Training, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Incident Management Training, Public Safety, William Sager Tag: Incident Management Teams, Training April 18, 2007 By William Sager, April 2007 If a major earthquake about the magnitude of the one in 1906 should strike the San Francisco Bay Area, it would affect much more than the City of San Read More
The rollout stage of the performance audit report: principles and steps Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Leadership, Performance Audit March 19, 2007 By Jay Corey, March 2007 You are the leader. You came up with the idea to hire an independent, third party auditor to examine the department of…fill-in-the-blank. The audit is in its draft form Read More
City to rebuild planning program and streamline development review process Categories: Cornerstone, General Management Consulting, In the News, Jay Corey, Management Consulting Tag: Building, City Management, Economic Development, Finance, Organizational Assessment, Planning, Redevelopment February 19, 2007 By Jay Corey, February 2007 “Citygate’s assessments solve organizational problems for cities. The tougher the problem, the better. We present practical, best practice solutions in ways that can be heard.” JANUARY 5, 2007: PRESS Read More
Citygate supports metro teams Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, William Sager Tag: Incident Management Teams, Training December 18, 2006 By William Sager, Winter 2006 What do forests and subways have in common? At first glance it seems, not much. Nevertheless, if a major emergency, such as a fire in a forest or terrorist Read More
Fire service contemporary challenges: a solutions path Categories: Cornerstone, Dwane Milnes, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, Stewart Gary Tag: City Management, Coaching, Fire Consolidation Study, Fire Deployment Study, Fire Services Consulting, Succession Planning March 14, 2006 By: Stewart Gary, Fire Practice Principal Spring 2006 City Management today is confronted with multiple challenges in providing adequately sized and cost effective fire services. Due to a “perfect storm” of circumstances, such as a challenging Read More