Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — Waters Consulting Group — reading text

with various Officer, Police Chief executive level positions  m. Describe any prior or pending litigation, either civil or criminal, involving a governmental agency or which may affect the performance of the services to be rendered, in which the firm, any of its employees, subcontractors or sub- consultants is or has been involved within the last three (3) years. Include the nature, resolution and/or current status of the litigation. There is/has been no such litigation. n. Does the firm receive a fee from the candidates the firm recommends for hire? Does the firm receive a fee from candidates if the candidate is successfully placed? CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, AZ – CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT If the answer to either question is yes, how much does the firm receive? No, the firm does not receive fees from candidates. o. Does the firm comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) changes effective January 1, 2013 as outlined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)? Our firm uses S2Verify for all background checks. This firm complies with the FCRA changes in the forms provided to candidates for background checks. p. Does the firm use E-Verify? WCG does not use E-Verify, but does full background checks on candidates on behalf of the client organization. q. What distinguishes your firm from your competitors? One of our most competitive tools is the use of Career Navigator, its use in our Team-building Workshop and the Performance Appraisal after the successful candidate’s first year of service. In addition, our firm offers a triple guarantee for our services provided. 12 © 2012-The Waters Consulting Group, Inc. This proposal contains proprietary information and is the sole property of Dallas | Austin | Cleveland | Denver WCG, Inc. It is not to be reproduced without the written consent of WCG, Inc. watersconsulting.com CAREER NAVIGATOR: YOUR PROFILE FOR SUCCESS CareerNavigator™; Your Profile for Success provides clear and concise, data-driven intelligence to support hiring decision, employee development and utilization, change management, and succession planning! Developed by a team of industrial psychologist, based on The Waters Consulting Group's more than 35 years experience and research, working with candidates and organizations in the public and private sectors, CareerNavigator helps assess management styles, personal character traits and competencies, that are critical for a candidate's success as a manager in your organization. HOW IT WORKS: CANDIDATE SIDE: The CareerNavigator™ competency model measures candidate's soft-skills across seventeen distinct management characteristics - such as Visioning, Problem Solving, Decisive Judgment, Championing Change, Planning and Organizing, etc. The resulting clear and concise measurements offer an easy way to understand and compare candidates' unique personality profile and leadership BRINGING IT TOGETHER styles. CareerNavigator™ provides CLIENT SIDE: clear and concise, data-driven intelligence to support hiring Your Selection Committee, with our support, identifies, selects decisions, employee and ranks critical personality traits and leadership styles, development and utilization, arriving at a set of key criteria you believe are essential for change management, and the success of a candidate in your organization. These criteria organizational effectiveness. then become part of our recruitment brief, against which we We provide strategic solutions search for your candidates for matching people with organizational roles. TRIPLE GUARANTEE Our Triple Guarantee is defined as: (1) A commitment to remain with the recruitment assignment until you have made an appointment for the fees and tasks quoted in this proposal. If you are unable to make a selection from the initial group of Finalists, WCG will work to identify a supplemental group until you find a candidate to hire; (2) your executive recruitment is guaranteed for 24 months against termination for cause. Within the first year, the replacement  recruitment will be repeated with no additional professional fee, but only for project-related expenses. During the second year, the replacement recruitment is reduced to 50% of the professional fee plus project-related expenses. Candidates appointed from within your organization do not qualify for this guarantee. This guarantee is subject to further limitations and restrictions of your state laws. (3) WCG will not solicit any candidates selected under this contract for any other position while the candidate is employed with your organization. TEAM-BUILDING WORKSHOP Within 60 days after your new County Manager reports to work, WCG will develop a customized workshop based on the individual behavioral styles of the management team to strengthen the new leader and his/her team’s performance. Your new employee and each member of his/her management team will be asked to complete a questionnaire, utilizing a secure website. Following a review of the responses to the questionnaire, one of our professional consultants CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, AZ – CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT will facilitate a three-hour workshop with the objective of assisting the team members to become a high-performance team. If you elect to use this service, there will be no professional fee charged to you, only project-related expenses. 360 DEGREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW Additional services include a performance appraisal and review of the new County Manager after 12 months, with no professional fee charged to you. If you elect to use this service, the only cost you would incur would be the reimbursement for any project-related expenses. Throughout the assignment, the WCG team will serve as technical advisors to your organization to ensure that the recruitment process is conducted in a professional manner. The objective of WCG is to generate high-quality candidates and assist you with the screening and evaluation of these candidates. Due to our extensive professional relationships with hundreds of public sector organizations and prospective candidates nationwide, WCG is positioned to confidently promote your County Manager position to prospective candidates as a positive career opportunity. With any consulting assignment, but particularly with an executive recruitment project, reliable and timely communication is fundamental to project success. At key points during the assignment, WCG consultants will communicate by phone, e-mail, or in person, with appropriate leaders from your organization to discuss the progress of the recruitment and to review subsequent steps in the recruitment process. These regular status reports are important to ensure success with the recruitment assignment. We pride ourselves in the fact that we bring a high level of personal commitment to everything that we do. We get to know our client, their concerns for success, their strategic goals and their organizational culture. But our intense professional commitment does not stop with our clients. We have candidates who were not selected for positions call to extend compliments and thanks for how they were treated during our recruitments. Many have stated that we provided the best recruitment experience in which they have ever participated. 14 Client satisfaction is important to all organizations, but to our firm, it is our chief focus. In our business, referrals and recommendations are the keys to success.