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Tacoma committee narrows competencies for permanent city manager, schedules full card-sort and community survey
Summary
OSAC heard HR staff explain the Korn Ferry competency framework, discussed priorities for a permanent city manager (communication, culture, emotional intelligence, ability to get work done through others), and agreed to a committee-of-the-whole card-sort and a community survey to inform recruitment.
Operation Operational Strategy and Administrative Commission members on July 25 took a deeper dive into the recruitment process for a permanent city manager, heard HR staff explain the Korn Ferry competency framework, and agreed on next steps including a 90‑minute card‑sort exercise with the full council and a public survey to gather stakeholder input.
Cheryl Billman, assistant HR director for Talent Solutions, and Keith Gulley, HR manager over recruitment, presented the Korn Ferry Competency Framework and asked the committee to identify the key leadership behaviors the city should prioritize when hiring a permanent manager. Billman described Korn Ferry as a "strategic talent tool" used to define "skills, behaviors, and personal attributes for a given position," and said the framework helps translate selected competencies into structured, behavioral…
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