The Hawkins Company

The City of Berkeley is recruiting for a Director of Planning who shares Berkeley’s values and is a transformational leader with a commitment to equitable development, and a demonstrated track record of working collaboratively to get things done. Outstanding administrative leadership experience and people management skills are essential to lead the departments dynamic body of development projects, and land use planning, and resiliency work while ensuring the department that i...s highly responsive to all stakeholder needs. The regional search is on for this community centric, pragmatic, politically astute leader who combines the education, experience, drive and passion to make Berkeley an innovative equity focused and solution oriented planning organization that effectively manages the growth and development of the City. If this is the challenge you are seeking and you can demonstrate the ability to succeed, we invite you to review the profile at www.thehawkinscompany.com and submit your resume and a thoughtful letter of interest that outlines what you would bring to the City of Berkeley as its next Director of Planning to [email protected]. Confidential inquiries are welcomed. Please contact Mr. Cary Jordan at, [email protected] 718-753-4008, or Ms. Brett Byers at 323-403-8279, [email protected].

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#MondayMotivation - "Be thankful for what you have. You'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." Oprah Winfrey

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Hawkins Company.

#MondayMotivation A leader is like a shepherd. They stay behind the flock, letting the most-nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. - Nelson Mandela

Happy New Year from all of us at the Hawkins Company.

Via the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper: "The Hawkins Company knows what it takes to attract leaders. They play a role in acquiring ideal candidates for companies looking to fill executive positions. Amidst a global shift in racial equality, diversity within leadership roles has taken the spotlight; it is an extensive issue that needs to be addressed with urgency. The Hawkins goal looks to have inclusion; organically working as the door of opportunity for underrepresented grou...ps in society. Rooted in the language of integrity, President/CEO and Founder Bill Hawkins and his prodigy son, Todd Hawkins, expressed their transparency in seeking the best in people at all times. The official Hawkins mission that is on their landing page reads, To partner with our clients to deliver the highest quality of talent management services. In accordance with our core values, we use a proactive approach that is innovative, comprehensive, timely, and solution-driven. They have been recognized for their impeccable results by the likes of Black Enterprise Magazine and Los Angeles Business Journal."

#MondayMotivation on Change #leadership The announcement is the easy part; it makes the manager look bold and decisive. Implementation is more difficult, because no matter how good and compelling the data, there will always be active and passive resistance, rationalizations, debates, and distractions particularly when the changes require new ways of working or painful cuts. To get through this, managers have to get their hands dirty, engage their teams to make choices, and sometimes confront recalcitrant colleagues. Rizwan Khan

#mondaymotivation If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God’s will? If you aren’t, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage of your life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessing will flow. - T.D. Jakes