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Strategic Direction
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1 Values 2 Mission 3 Focus Areas

4 Balanced Scorecard Perspectives 5 Corporate Objectives

Leadership Structure

Some may notice that our organizational structure (shown on a previous page) looks quite different
than other organizations. Traditionally each city department reports directly to the City Manager
or an Assistant City Manager—and this was the practice in Southlake for many years. As part of the
City’s ongoing strategic evolution to get the best possible results for our citizens, we restructured our
organizational framework in 2016 to provide a more focused leadership approach. Under our revised
framework, the City Manager, Assistant City Manager/Senior Director of Human Resources, Assistant
City Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and the Assistant to the City Manager serve as the core Corporate
Team. Each additional quasi-corporate team member is responsible for a set of corporate functional
areas. The Corporate Team continually scans the horizon and provides strategic direction and oversight
to departments, primarily identifying and planning for high-risk initiatives and helping the organization
become ready for the future.

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