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City of <br />Evaluation of Chief Executive Officer <br />Explanations and Directions Performance Evaluation as Team Building <br />******************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** <br />Evaluation as Team Building <br />If evaluation is to be, in the truest sense, a means of team building, certain conditions must <br />prevail. The two processes must be compatible and interrelated in the following ways: <br />1. Evaluation is basically a means, not an end in. itself. <br />2. The trust level between the evaluatee and evaluators must be high. <br />3. The roles each are to fulfill must be clearly indicated and accepted. <br />4. Responsibilities are matched with pre- determined standards of performance. <br />Definition of Roles <br />A. City Council <br />I. Conduct annual assessments of performance of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). <br />2. Respect the prerogatives of the CEO insofar as operational management function <br />of the organization is concerned and the policy function of the Council. <br />3. Make assessments in general terms except in instances where specific <br />improvements are needed or when explicit commendations are due. <br />B. Chief Executive Officer <br />1. Accepts the prospects of annual evaluations. <br />2. Understands the scope and thrust of the evaluations. <br />3. Expects the evaluations to adhere to the established procedures for <br />evaluating the performance of the CEO. <br />Pre - Determined Performance Standards <br />A performance standard is defined as the condition that will exist when a responsibility or <br />function is successfully performed. It is essential that a performance standard be <br />established, at the outset, for each of the eight major areas of responsibility of the CEO. <br />This is necessary in order to use the rating scale effectively. <br />Major Areas of Responsibility <br />It should be reiterated that in determining the appropriate level of expectations, actual <br />performance must be measured in relation to the indicated standard of performance. <br />Eight major areas of responsibility are identified as the basis upon which assessments are to <br />be made. Descriptors are provided under each to clarify the meaning and content of the <br />area. However, the evaluation is made of the major area. <br />Page 24 <br />