Vision March

Applying the Fanatic discipline concept in the government sector requires a reassessment of what I’ve been using to measure my performance. The direction from the legislative branch is erratic at best, often doing total 180s and being mutually exclusive. The fanatic twenty mile march on the comprehensive plan or any other plan becomes impossible and an association with the previous council’s expectations. This can lead to short tenure.

The history of the city manager is the implementation of council policy. There is always the policy analysis and development work with the council, but the real performance was in the implementation. Now, it seems that helping the council understand what the current vision is and working through any changes is the real basis of how my performance or twenty mile march should be measured.