Even the smallest municipalities in the state employ dozens of full-time workers across departments. Ensuring they understand their roles in the municipality is essential to being a good manager. In our experience, understanding their grievances, and when it is or isn’t your role to advocate for them, enables you to present goals to your inter-departmental staff, and achieve buy-in.

But understanding the functions of every department your oversee is only half the job. Establishing regular check-ins with your department Directors and understanding the way they and their team view their roles is essential to successful management. At NJCS, we will help you assess your relationship with each department, and how to manage those relationships—individually or by committee.

At NJCS, we have managed small and large municipal workforces, so we understand that your schedule is already busy, and will offer tips and project workflows we’ve learned from decades of experience on how to save yourself time, and improve efficiency.

You’ll want to be aware of expected retirements, union contract deadlines, pay history, and more, so you can anticipate personnel’s reactions to ongoing and upcoming projects—including Redevelopments, land surveys, rezoning, and much more.