[...]... Facilitative Leader in City Hall Table 1.2 Characteristics of the Facilitative Leader in Local Government Attitude Toward Other Officials: ◾ The leader does not attempt to control or diminish the contributions of other officials ◾ The leader empowers others by drawing out their contributions and helping them accomplish their goals ◾ The leader values and maintains mutual respect and trust Kind of Interactions... delegator/organizer, the mayor helps the council and manager understand and maintain their roles, including helping the council members understand their responsibilities Finally, in the policy initiator role, the mayor develops programs and policies to address problems If active in this role, the mayor is instrumental in shaping the city s or county’s policy agenda and creating a shared vision These ro les... conclusion and assert that the leader retains a central role in the visioning process It’s just a different role Instead of coming up with the vision, the leader must “integrate and articulate the group’s vision.” In some ways, this is more difficult than the leader s deciding alone In the facilitative process, the leader ensures that there is a vision that is understood and widely accepted and that it is the. .. 36.2 (2420) Other Total Source: Data from The Municipal Year Book, 1991 and 2006 8 ◾ The Facilitative Leader in City Hall and San Jose The mayor in the cities other than Long Beach has the authority to nominate the city manager, although the selection is still made by the entire city council In Long Beach, the mayor can veto the council’s selection or removal of the manager The mayors in these cities... served in the past ten years The studies examine the factors that contribute to effective leadership and the challenges that mayors face The concluding chapter uses the findings in the case studies to analyze the nature of leadership in its formal and political setting This book provides a transforming view of the mayor’s office and identifies leadership issues related to the form of government in American... Fostered: ◾ The leader promotes open and honest communication among officials ◾ The leader seeks to manage conflict and resolve differences in a way that advances the mutual interests of all officials ◾ The leader is willing to share leadership and form partnerships ◾ The leader fosters understanding of distinct roles and coordinated effort among officials Approach to Goal Setting: ◾ The leader fosters the creation... c apacity, c oaching, m otivating, inspiring (Rees 1991) The roles of the facilitative leader are to “listen, ask questions, direct group process, coach, teach, build consensus, share in goal setting, share in decision making, [and] empower others to g et t hings done.” W hen people a re not in charge, Bellman (1992) points out that they are “primarily in the business of supporting other people in t... vis-à-vis the city council in establishing and carrying out policy Others are part of the council with limited or no direct independent administrative authority The responsibilities of the mayors to their communities may be very similar, but the capacity of the organization in which they work and the tools of leadership and the resources on which they can draw differ substantially Th also ey fill their positions... the office and are then elected In surveys of city administrators in 1997 and city elected officials in city government in 2001, respondents were asked the following question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The mayor is a visionary person who constantly initiates new projects and policies for the city The council–manager mayor can act in this way by developing ideas for other council... motivation and morality” (Burns 1978) In Burns’ view, the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders see and act on their own and their followers’ values and motivations” (1978) The characteristics of the facilitative leader in top elected positions in local government c an be d ivided i nto t hree c ategories: t he at titude toward other offi cials, kinds of interactions fostered, and approach . alt="" THE FACILITATIVE LEADER IN CITY HALL Reexamining the Scope and Contributions American Society for Public Administration Book Series on Public Administration. Policy Evan M. Berman, Ph.D. Editor -in- Chief The Facilitative Leader in City Hall: Reexamining the Scope and Contributions by James H. Svara Mission: