The key is to ensure that the evaluation takes place in a regular, mutually agreed-upon manner and is viewed by all as an opportunity for communication between the elected officials and the manager or administrator.

Gregory Doyon, city manager, Great Falls, Montana, has been selected by ICMA as the 2014 recipient of The Ferguson Group scholarship to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Senior Executives in State & Local Government program.

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