Peter Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager
Thoughts on running a city, daily musings, and everything in between.
City Manager, Auburn Hills, MI
So much to do, so little time
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Does your business need a little extra help on tasks that you just can’t seem to find time for? Shredding, stuffing envelopes, alphabetizing files, all of these tasks are important but seem to be last on the to-do list. There is a resource available to businesses, at [...]
Revealing the Secret Sauce
Why? This is a question we often receive, another is, how? What? Is another good question that our team is consistently asked. Just returning from another quest, searching for businesses that want an environment they can thrive in always reenergizes us to continue to tell our story. Why tell others? There are some who say [...]
Posted in Business, Communication, Events, Leadership, Legislative, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Seize your full potential
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger I read a great article by Josh Linkner in the Detroit Free Press back in March. It is too good not to share. Mr. Linkner stated that in our professional and personal pursuits, we tend to focus on finding answers but we fail to ask the right [...]
Posted in Communication, Planning, Service, Training
Help make your job obsolete
The first time our Department Heads heard me say part of their job was to make their jobs obsolete you would have thought I asked them to terminate themselves from employment. It’s kind of ironic, but what I was asking them to do is to continue to grow, add value in order for them still [...]
Posted in Business, Communication, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Service, Training
Innovative City
Someone inquired on how we get our employees to be so innovative. It took me awhile to answer this, mostly because I don’t see us being as innovative as “outsiders” might view us. I say this because we don’t invent a lot of tools, policies or processes. We do have an open eye for what [...]
Posted in Business, Communication, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Accountability
It’s that time of year for my annual accountability review. This is where I get to sit down with the City Council to look back over the past year and see if I am living up to their expectations. This can be a very informative process as each elected official can editorialize and tell me [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Events, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Auburn Hills is growing
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Auburn Hills is growing. There is an old saying , “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” That pertains to everything from personal relationships to communities to organizations … and the list goes on. The City of Auburn Hills is definitely growing. Our events such as Summerfest, [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Local Events, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Leverage Regional Assets
Last week we had about 200 city managers from across the State of Michigan converge on our neighbor, the city of Rochester. This was a regional effort to host our annual Winter Institute that keeps managers up to date with current issues, changes in the laws we operate under and recharge our batteries. The [...]
Posted in Business, Communication, Events, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Service, Training
State of the City
Yesterday, even as the City of Auburn Hills turns 30 years old this year, Mayor Jim McDonald highlighted 2012 accomplishments and looked ahead to 2013 in his Annual State of the City Address at The Palace of Auburn Hills. I really enjoyed how the Mayor framed our place in the world when he stated “Our [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Communication, Events, Finance, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Rock Steady
I remember back a few years ago when I was in Basic Training (Boot Camp) for the Army. Every time the Drill Sergeant would ask how we were doing the entire platoon would have to respond, “Rock Steady Drill Sergeant, Rock Steady”. And of course, if we didn’t respond with the appropriate enthusiasm or in unison [...]
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