Dr. Benest is widely published. Some publications include:
Professional Guidebooks and White Papers
Three Papers Authored for the Cal-ICMA Encore Committee in 2014:
So You Want To Be a Consultant?
So You Want To Be an Interim Manager?
So You Want To Be a University Professor?
Western City Article "Is Your City Council Stifling Innovation?"
What's the Future of Local Government? A White Paper Intended to Provoke a Needed Conversation
The Alliance for Innovation, Phoenix, AZ, 2011
Preparing the Next Generation – A Guide for Current and Future Local Government Managers
International City/County Management Association, Washington, D.C., 2004 (Editor and Contributor)
Continuous Learning-A Leadership Challenge
International City/County Management Association, Washington, D.C., 2001
Commit to Learn – Transforming Government from the Inside Out
Innovation Groups, Tampa, Florida, 2000
Marketing Your Budget – Creative Ways to Engage Citizens in the Bottom Line
Innovation Groups, Tampa, Florida, 1997
Rightsizing Public Organizations
Innovation Groups, Tampa, Florida, 1992
University Textbooks
Marketing Leisure and Human Services
Co-Authored with Jack Foley and George Welton, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1984
Selected Articles
- Managing Angry Mobs Disrupting Governing Board Meetings, ILG, March 2022
- Tech Talent, PM Magazine, June 2018
- Facilitated Performance Evaluations, PM Magazine, November 2016
- Supporting Colleagues in Distress, PM Magazine, August 2016
- Our Out of Whack Tax System, Governing Magazine, January 2015
- Navigating Through Transitions, PM Magazine, October 2013
- Creating Legacy, PM Magazine, March 2013
- Encore! Encore! Creating a Fulfilling Next Life Phase, PM Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011
- Learning With Intent--A Strategy to Promote Adaptive Change and Self-Renewal, PM Magazine, Sept. 2011
- California Survey Suggests Strategies to Enhance CEO-HR Partnership, HR News Magazine, Feb. 2011
- 10 New Rules for Elected Officials in Times of Economic Meltdown, Western City, January 2011
- Retaining and Growing Talent: Strategies to Create Organizational "Stickiness", Public Management, October 2008
- The Role of Benefits in Winning the War for Talent, Benefits and Compensation Digest, October 2006
- Keeping the Passion Alive, Public Management, October 2006
- Creating a New Future for a Downsizing Organization, Public Management, October 2005
- , Public Management, June 2004
- It's a Reality: The Shrinking Talent Pool for Local Government Managers, Public Management, March 2005
- Reconnecting Citizens with Citizens: What is the Role of Local Government?   Public Management, February 1999
- The Bottom Line, Minnesota Cities, September 1998
- Serving Customers or Engaging Citizens: What is the Future of Local Government?Public Management, 1996
- Overcrowded Housing and No Place to Go, Public Management, February 1993
- Marketing Multiethnic Communities, Public Management, December 1991
- Winning Public Support for Low-Income Housing, Public Management, February 1991
- Help Wanted-Attracting Young People to Public Service, Western City, September 2003
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