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City of Louisville <br />Focus Group Project — New City Manager Search - August 2017 <br />APPENDIX B — FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS <br />15 <br />DATE: <br />GROUP: <br />City of Louisville Focus Groups Questions <br />PURPOSE of Focus Groups - Gather your insights and perspectives about the next City <br />Manager, which will help City Council as they consider whom to hire. <br />PROCESS/AGENDA: <br />• Introductions—June and who is in the room <br />• Confidentiality— aggregate of all answers <br />• Answer specific questions <br />• Prioritize characteristics <br />• Summary Report to Council <br />1. Talk to me about your knowledge of what a City Manager does? (Asked only of <br />external audiences, not staff members) <br />2. When a City Manager is working at his/her best how does that look? <br />• What are they doing? <br />• What are they accomplishing? <br />• How are they interacting with others? <br />3. What do you think are the top priorities of the new City Manager? <br />4. What should we avoid or watch out for in the hiring of a new City Manager? <br />5. In the first 12-24 months, describe what the new City Manager's picture of success <br />will look like? What would her/she accomplish? <br />6. Prioritization process. What are your top priorities/characteristics that are most <br />important to you? <br />18 <br />