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...

There are five generations in the workforce today – from the Traditionalists born in the 1940s, to Gen Zers born after 2001. The changes in technology and society have been drastic, which plays a role in how work colleagues from different generations interact with each other. It is important to understand who you are and who your teammates are, in order to ensure that they have job satisfaction and are working productively as a team. Joi...

Applying an equity lens to program data, one of the most surprising realizations is that each and every program offered has an opportunity to be transformed, reimagined, and evolved to increase equity. Layering on that program data, program insights capture the knowledge and ideas of your organization providing a pathway to action. Although the equity goals of various organizations are different, they all share a vision for change, which is a...

Applying an equity lens to program data, one of the most surprising realizations is that each and every program offered has an opportunity to be transformed, reimagined, and evolved to increase equity. Layering on that program data, program insights capture the knowledge and ideas of your organization providing a pathway to action. Although the equity goals of various organizations are different, they all share a vision for change, which is a...

Politics and government go hand in hand, you cannot have a democratic election without political discussions on the current issues of the time. We all see these issues differently based on our viewpoints. Managers typically make decisions based on data and facts, while politicians might make decisions based on connections to constituent groups or ideological views. The differences in how administrators and policymakers interact are even more h...

We’ve all seen it play out through the media – a community leader does a poor job of relaying the message about a difficult issue and the community reacts through protests, tense town hall meetings, and angry comments on social media. Engagement with residents is about skill sets, but it is also an art. Communities that do it well are often seen as eutopias and those that do it poorly are labeled dystopias. Join us on April 14, for...