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. . . Proposal to Provide Consultant Services to Assist with the Search for a New City Administrator for the City Of Arden Hills This proposal outlines the approach of MDA Consulting Group, Inc. to assisting the City of Arden Hills with the search and selection of a new City Administrator. As we show in the materials that follow, our experience with selection of senior public sector officials is extensive. Although we have outlined a particular approach to respond to the RFP, our intention is always to work in partnership with our clients, tailoring and adapting the services we provide based on current needs. As will become obvious in the information that follows, MDA's approach is flexible and our objective is to support the City of Arden Hills in designing and implementing the selection process that the City, Mayor, and Council wants. Description, Background, and Services Provided by MDA Consulting Group, Inc, MDA Consulting Group was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1981 as an industrial/organizational psychology consulting firm. The firm specializes in the application of psychological and human resource practices in the development of organizations, groups, and individuals. MOA's goal and business objective is to provide the highest quality of broad-based consulting assistance and services to its clients to enhance organizational and individual effeetiveness. MOA Consulting Group, Inc. is a participant in the Minnesota Small Business Procurement Program. MDA's State of Minnesota current vendor number is 015985-007. A letter eertifying MOA's status as a woman-owned business is included in the appendix. Ovcr the years, MOA has provided consulting services to several hundred client organizations locally and regionally. MDA's services fall into the following categories: . Talent Management: Selection strategies, assessment, and assistance for executives and managers, retention strategies, and succession planning. . Leadership Development: Executive coaching, action learning programs, team building, and management and leadership training. . Organizational Change: Change management, strategy implementation, merger integration, and organizational culture building. In 2002, MDA was actively involved in providing consulting services to over 100 client organizations in a variety of industries and in both the public and private sectors. Client organizations MDA worked with this past year include Cargill, General Mills, Ecolab, Lutheran Brotherhood, Aid Association to Lutherans, ING Reliastar, Pentair, Polo Ralph Lauren, NRG, Reliant Energy, Tennant, Marvin Windows, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the City ofMimleapolis. Taleut Management services---especially assessment and selection of managers and executives-represented over 50 percent of our revenues for these and tlle remainder of our client list.