Make meetings your superpower and run the scoreboard of leadership. Do you feel like you need to drag people to meetings? Do you feel like some meetings will never end? Do you struggle at times to see the value of meeting? Are more people on their devices than engaged? It doesn’t have to be this way. Learn the simple strategies to transform your meetings into engaging and productive wins for the team. Understand the pitfalls of meetings....

Innovations in Program & Service Delivery This conference engages innovative thought leaders to identify new trends and opportunities to better deliver programs and services to the people. Session topics will include, but are not limited to: Government in an Online World Intergovernmental Collaboration Public Safety Innovations

Develop and activate your vision and strategy to achieve organizational excellence This workshop is built upon the belief that the purpose of your vision and strategic plan is to achieve organizational excellence and define your future within the context of your local situation. We will discuss how to assess your vision and strategic plan and how to cascade it effectively and successfully throughout the organization. Learn a simple, but compel...

Establish a safe work environment that allows you to share your insights by using psychological safety Psychological safety is the number one way to create a positive work culture, bring out the most talent in employees, and create team players willing to release discretionary effort in support of a common mission/vision/goal. Crack yourself open and examine your own values, assumptions, and behavior. The goal is to help you see the current st...

We live in an ever-changing VUCA world. The future of local government will contain opportunities that have yet to be considered and leaders that will need to think strategically and creatively to prepare for and take advantage of these opportunities. This workshop provides the environment and tools to engage with fellow local government leaders – collectively contemplating the opportunities and workforce changes needed to provide excell...

We all want to support our teammates, however, it can be difficult when that teammate is never there to help carry the load. We all struggle to ensure that our personal life does not impact our professional life, but it seems consistently more difficult to separate the two. Caregivers get calls to pick up a sick child; an employee that owns rental properties gets a call about a pipe bursting; the boss needs to have knee surgery and is out for...

Local government can be very bureaucratic in nature, especially in large organizations. How can we avoid getting bogged down in red tape and ensure that our organization is fast and flexible? One way to do this is to drive leadership down. By educating, empowering, and enabling employees to make decisions, leaders allow small and agile teams to lift their organization to the next level. Join us on October 20, for a 90-minute webinar where you...

For 107 years, the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Annual Conference is where thousands of local government management professionals have gathered to share and get new ideas, strategies, resources, and solutions for managing local governments in today’s complex environment. The 2022 ICMA Annual Conference will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC), 400 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215. With four da...

Organizational culture is critical to a team’s success – 65% of employees stay in their job because they like their workplace culture. If your team doesn’t have the best culture, the return to the workplace is a great time to make some necessary improvements to start attracting and retaining the best talent. Join us on September 8, for a 90-minute webinar where you will learn how to make necessary improvements to start attrac...

Join us on July 28 and 29 for a virtual learning event for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officers (or those doing the work without the title), and local government professionals interested in ideas and institutions to deepen strategies, shape actions, and create solutions. This two-day event will take deep dives on everything equity from allocations to zones where attendees can expect inspiration and encouragement to move from discourse to...