Consulting (Public Management Group)

The RSHS consulting group is known as the Public Management Group™

Innovative, Cost Effective Public Sector Approach

Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai offers clients an innovative and cost effective solution to meet public sector management needs.  Through the Public Management Group (PMG), the Firm offers a myriad of management consulting services that is fully integrated with the Firm’s legal services team.  These services include fiscal reform, public safety management oversight and staff development, human resource management oversight and staff development, promotional testing and executive recruitment.  Our Senior Consultants have an extensive background in public sector management and a proven record of success in their related fields.  This offers clients a cost effective solution to meet general management resource needs in addition to their legal needs.

The Public Management Group within the Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai organization provides creative, professional and cost effective solutions to a wide variety of organizational needs, including:

• The ability to provide the client with an interim Police Chief, Fire Chief or Human Resource Director;
• Organizational analysis of specific sectors of City and/or County government in the areas of Public Safety and Human Resources;
• In-depth classification and compensation studies;
• Assistance in succession planning and staff development in the areas of law enforcement, fire and human resources;
• Executive recruitment, including search, testing and certification of qualified applicants;
• Review and/or development of Personnel Policies and Agency Rules and Regulations;
• Training in resource management, human relations and employee development.

Interim Positions

The Public Management Group has a retired Police Chief, Fire Chief and two Human Resource Directors on staff and available to provide your agency with interim management of those respective departments within your organization.  Please review the resumes of Chief Ray Samuels, Chief Scott Kenley, Human Resource Director Dania Torres-Wong and Mark Gregersen, and Employee Relations Director Geoffrey Rothman for specific qualifications.

Organizational Analysis

In addition to their ability to provide interim management of specific departments, Chief Ray Samuels, Chief Scott Kenley, Human Resource Director Dania Torres-Wong, Geoffrrey Rothman and Mark Gregerson have the organizational analysis skills to audit their respective disciplines and give advice relevant to management and operational efficiencies.

Classification and Compensation Studies

The Public Management Group is comprised of several individuals who have an extensive background in the development of Classification and Compensation Studies.  The methodology used by these seasoned professionals has withstood the scrutiny of the arbitration process with marked success.  Please review the resumes of Senior Consultants Geoffrey Rothman, Janice Koch, Doug Johnson and Mark Gregersen.

Succession Planning and Staff Development

Within their specific disciplines, Chief Ray Samuels, Chief Scott Kenley, Human Resource Director Dania Torres-Wong and Mark Gregersen possess the skills to mentor potential executive candidates and assist agencies in the comprehensive and timely development of successors to key public sector management positions.

Executive Recruitment

Members within our Public Management Group have experience in conducting targeted executive recruitments with successful appointment of qualified applicants who meet the specific needs of the agency.  In addition to executive recruitments, these consultants have successfully designed and administered promotional exams, including a full array of assessment center exercises that have met the challenges of labor with respect to job specificity.

Personnel Policies and Procedures – Agency-wide and Department Specific

All of our Senior Consultants have an extensive background in the development of inter and intra departmental policies and procedures.

Training Relative to Employee Development and Interpersonal Dynamics

The Public Management Group has several Senior Consultant trained in the area of human resource management and interpersonal dynamics.