Date: 4/14/2022
Tags: Gratitude
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each individual member is the team.” - Phil Jackson
“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” - Mary Carly
My message today is directed at the wonderful individuals I get to work with here at City Hall on a day-to-day basis. It is also my hope that in acknowledging their efforts on behalf of the city and its residents, I will be communicating to our residents the quality of effort our staff puts forth every day. I come to work here at City Hall every day, and I am welcomed in such a way as to feel that here at City Hall I have a “second family” who look beyond the fact that I am the mayor; here I am just “Joe.” The warmth that I feel every day is the same warmth extended to every person who enters City Hall, and I witness daily the staff’s commitment to providing the best service they can to our residents.
As a former school administrator, I know the need to have a staff that works as a team, one where individuals are there for one another, and willing to assist in order to make sure the work of the organization will function without any delay in service. Staff that works as a team do so unselfishly; their goal is the success of the organization, not their personal agenda. The City of Darien has such a group of individuals who perform their roles at the highest level on a day-to-day basis, and they seek no reward other than knowing that they have provided quality assistance to our residents. Our staff, our team, is the reason I enjoy coming here every day; stop in and visit, and you will learn how our staff works to make Darien a nice place to live.