DRAFT 5/28/24
QUESTIONS TO DRIVE THE PALO ALTO CAO EVALUATION PROCESS –
Council would like the appointed officials to respond to some specific questions in the self- evaluation, which will help focus the Council interviews and final evaluation:
a. What is your overall assessment of the state of the Palo Alto organization? What are your, and the organization’s, areas of strength and key achievements in the last fiscal year, particularly as called out in Council-identified priorities? b. What do you see as areas of concern or vulnerability (to include organization- wide and department-specific comments, but not personnel-specific). c. How are your direct reports performing? (for example: productivity, morale, collaboration, communication, recruitment, etc.).
d. What are your observations on the organization’s fiscal health (strengths and risks).
e. Are there regional, state, or national issues/trends that the City should be paying attention to?
f. What is your characterization of the effectiveness of Appointed Official/Elected Official relationships (availability, responsiveness, communication, etc.) g. What are your specific priorities for the coming year? h. What do you need from the Council in the next fiscal year and beyond to be successful?
i. What else would you like to share with the Council?