I spent most of the day on Friday in interviews. We were interviewing five candidates for our upcoming vacancy in our Director of Parks & Recreation position. After 29 years of loyal service to the citizens of Eden Prairie, Parks & Rec Director Bob Lambert is hanging it up on Friday, March 30.
We included most of the Parks & Recreation Department employees in the day’s interviews. We used a multi-panel format. One panel was the Department Directors. One was the management employees in the Parks & Rec Department. Another was a community panel that included representatives from the Parks Commission, the Eden Prairie School District, and the City Council. Our final panel included all of the field employees in the department.
The purpose of including so many eyes and ears in the process was to increase the among of feedback available to me to help make the final choice. I get to make the final choice. It’s going to be a tough one. We had five excellent candidates.
I hope to identify The Choice later this week.
