Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — Slavin Management Consultants 1 — reading text

the unique qualities of Okaloosa County. It will honor the interests of candidates to the extent possible under Florida law. This proposal provides an indexed and easily usable document for the County to assess the qualifications of Slavin Management Consultants to handle this critical work. It contains the following sections: a Letter of Interest, Table of Contents, Project Understanding and Approach, Consultant’s Qualifications and Experience, Ability of Consultants Professional Staff, Statement of Work, Project Schedule, Guarantees, Fee Structure, and an Agreement for Services. We constructed the Fee Structure to illustrate the professional time and cost of each major phase of the project. Exhibits include the required County Forms, a sample recruitment profile, a sample invoice, a client list, references, our EEO/AA statement and a listing of women and minorities who we have helped place. In considering our proposal we point out several factors about our firm and our approach that will be of significant benefit to the County: < We are results oriented. Once the recruitment profile is approved, we lock into the criteria established and carefully identify, recruit and evaluate candidates who meet your criteria. We do not simply bring forward candidates whom we may already know. < Our key staff members have extensive experience in conducting executive searches for the public sector throughout the nation. < We are committed to complete client satisfaction. Our successful placement-oriented approach will ensure that the project work is practical, realistic, timely and that it has the full commitment and support of the County so that a successful placement will be facilitated. < We use discount airfares and leverage trips between clients whenever possible to reduce expenses to our clients. < We are leaders in the field of executive search in the public sector and our methodologies are state-of-the-art. We can address all aspects of your assignment. < Every search that we have conducted has resulted in a selection from our recommended group of candidates. Our experience includes large and small organizations, and chief executives and Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 1  subordinate level positions. More than 95% of our placements have remained in our client s positions for more than five years. < Our style is interactive. That is, we strive to build a partnership with our clients. < We are experts in EEO/AA recruitment. Approximately 25% of our placements are women and/or minorities. Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 2  CONSULTANTS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE This section presents our qualifications to conduct projects of this type. Slavin Management Consultants is a high quality, independent management consulting firm. SMC, originally organized in 1991, operates one of the most experienced and most respected national local government executive search practices in the nation. Approximately eighty-five percent (85%) of the firm’s total business is comprised of local government executive recruitment. We serve the country from a network of offices comprised of our home office near Atlanta and our affiliate offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. We are capable and most interested in providing this critical service to Okaloosa County The company provides exceptionally high-quality consulting services to state and local governments, health care providers, transit authorities, utilities, special districts, and private sector clients. Specialty practice areas include executive recruitment, pay and classification, performance appraisal systems, and organization development and training. Our key consultants have conducted successful assignments for hundreds of public sector organizations nationally and offer many references as testimony of our work. This important engagement will be personally conducted by Mr. Robert E. Slavin. Mr. Slavin has conducted or assisted in the conduct of more than 750 successful executive searches throughout his career. Members of the proposed search team have conducted executive searches for Slavin Management Consultants as well as for others before joining the firm. All are professional public human resources practitioners with significant direct management experience. All are long-term, active members of a variety of professional organizations and stay abreast of new and changing laws, developments and trends by regularly attending specialized workshops, seminars and annual conferences. As indicated, this proposal commits the highest level of our firm's resources. As the owner and president of SMC and as director of our executive search practice, Robert Slavin will manage and serve as the primary consultant for this critical project. Mr. Slavin is located in SMC’s Norcross, GA headquarters office. He will be assisted by an outstanding recruitment team consisting of Ms. Randi Frank, Mr. David Krings and Mr. Paul Wenbert. All team members are highly experienced local government executives and human resources consultants. This team includes some of the most experienced recruiters of Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 3  governmental managers in the nation. We have a strong and proven commitment to providing exceptional recruitment services to public agencies and have received many accolades supporting our work. We know Florida. We have been privileged over the years to have recruited many executives for Florida public agencies. If selected to provide these services, we are prepared to begin the project immediately. We know this field and, once the County has developed and approved the recruitment profile, we can become immediately productive. We use a "critical path" search process which allows our clients to focus attention on the selection process rather than on identifying, recruiting, screening and evaluating candidates. We understand that each client's need for key executives is different and that there is no "best" person for all situations. The best prospects are typically happily employed and not responding to advertisements. These people need to be found and encouraged to become candidates. They are understandably reluctant to apply for positions when their interest could become a matter of public information prior to being assured that the County is interested in their candidacy. Our approach to this assignment will reflect the unique qualities of Okaloosa County. It will honor the interests of candidates to the extent possible under Florida law. In considering our proposal we point out several factors about our firm and our approach that will be of significant benefit to the City: We are results oriented. Once the recruitment profile is approved, we “lock” into the criteria established and carefully identify, recruit and evaluate candidates who meet your criteria. We do not simply bring forward candidates whom we may already know. Our key staff members have extensive experience in conducting executive searches for the public sector throughout the nation. We are committed to complete client satisfaction. Our successful placement-oriented approach will ensure that the project work is practical, realistic, timely and that it has the full commitment and support of the County so that a successful placement will be facilitated. We use discount airfares and leverage trips between clients whenever possible to reduce expenses to our clients. We are leaders in the field of executive search in the public sector and our methodologies are state-of-the-art. We can address all aspects of your assignment. Every search that we have conducted has resulted in a selection from our recommended group of candidates. Our experience includes large and small organizations, and chief executives and subordinate level positions. More than 95% of our placements have remained in our client’s positions for more than five years. Our style is interactive. That is, we strive to build a partnership with our clients. We are experts in EEO/AA recruitment. Approximately 25% of our placements are women and/or minorities. Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 4  Recent Chief Executive Searches CLIENT POPULATION YEAR SEARCH STILL Contact Information EMPLOYED ? Alleghany County, 13,000 2007 County Yes Mr. John R. Strutner VA Administrator (540) 863-6600 jstrutner@co.alleghany.va.us Archuleta County, 13,000 2008 County Yes Mr. Gregory (Greg) J. Schulte CA Administrator (970) 264-8300 gschulte@archuletacounty.org Aurora, CO 314,000 2010 City Manager Yes Mr. Kin Shuman (303) 739-7225 Kshuman@auroragov.org Branson, MO 6,000 2008 City Yes Mr. Dean Kruithof Administrator (417) 337-8548 Dkruithof@bransonmo.gov Corpus Christi, TX 285,000 2011 City Manager Yes Mayor Joe Adame (361) 826-3100 joea@cctexas.com Cary, NC 95,000 2009 Town Yes Ms. Valiria W illis Manager (919) 469-4072 valiria.willis@townofcary.org Cass County, MI 50,500 2009 County Yes Mr. David Taylor Administrator (269) 699 -5544 gigi708@aol.com Dunedin, FL 36,000 2007 City Manager Yes Mayor Dave Eggers (727) 298-3001 deggers@dunedinfl.net Dunwoody, GA