William R. Balling

ICMA Credentialed Manager

WHO WE ARE

WRB, LLC is led by William Balling, an experienced city manager and regional government specialist.  As a dedicated public service career executive, Bill has been successful in adding value and improving performance, both to new and growing organizations, and those organizations undergoing change in mission as a result of internal and external organizational factors.

Every consulting engagement is custom packaged to the client’s needs. Bill Balling will assemble a consortium of professional affiliates to assist and support contracted assignments. Professional affiliates are driven by the requirements of the assignment and are selected with the advice and consent of the client.  Professional affiliates come from the areas of engineering, planning, architecture, risk management and employee benefits as well as public finance. A representative listing of the professional affiliates includes the following:

• Wright Benefit Consultants, Vernon Hills, IL – Personnel Benefits Design
• Shaw Environmental Services, Chicago, IL – Civil Engineering/Environmental Site Remediation
• SRBL Architects, Deerfield, IL - Facilities/Going GREEN!
• The Mejorando Group, Glendale, AZ – Human Resources & Management Services
• Dr. Hanspeter Knirsch, European Affiliate, Emsdetten, D.E. – Management & Organizational Design
• Speer Financial, Chicago, IL – Financial Planning
• Northbrook Bank & Trust, Northbrook, IL – Treasury & Banking

WHAT WE DO

WRB, LLC is focused on improving overall organizational performance and is most focused on completion of lagging projects, undertaking new assignments and achieving improved operating performance. With WRB, LLC, Bill will focus on the organizational challenge the client may face, then he will deploy his “Just in Time” management knowledge and skills to diagnose and repair problems and to create value and new opportunities within the public service arena. By applying sound management practices around three critical elements impacting the organizational achievement: Management, Strategy and Communications, WRB, LLC is able to improve service performance and output.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

In addition to the full portfolio of services for management and organizational performance, WRB, LLC offers services both to municipalities and private investors with its unique Community Builder initiative. For communities, services include assistance and support in the development and modification of comprehensive planning and strategies, brownfields remediation, infrastructure planning and development and negotiations. For the private investor, WRB, LLC offers complete management of the entitlement process, management of governmental affairs and evaluation and analysis of development economics.