Interview of Jan Perkins by Samantha (Sam) Ferrigno, Membership & Marketing Manager, ICMA Recently I was reading PM magazine searching for leadership articles or quick tips that I chould share on this blog, and I thumbed across 'Building Career Resiliency: Hone Your Ability to Grow from Adversity.' The article includes great takeaways and common traits and practices [...]
Hone Your Ability to Grow From Adversity By Pat Martel, ICMA-CM, and Jan Perkins, ICMA-CM Everyone who pursues a fulfilling career will eventually encounter challenges that will help define his or her future. Sometimes the challenge is personal: a potentially transformative project you introduce that fails to gain traction or a clash of wills with [...]
By Matt Bronson, Assistant City Manager - City of San Mateo, CA I’ll never forget the moment in July 1999. I was only a few weeks out of graduate school working as a management fellow in the City Manager’s Office in Charlotte, North Carolina. My role included developing agendas for the weekly Leadership Team meetings [...]
ICMA Coaching Program: Thrive in Local Government The ICMA Coaching Program launches in January 2016 -- thanks to ICMA securing National Platinum Sponsor ICMA-RC. Expanding upon the success of the Cal-ICMA Coaching Program and 15 ICMA State Association Coaching Partners in 2015, we are bringing coaching programs and resources to all members and non-members of [...]
ICMA Works to Advance Women in the Profession Reprinted from ICMA.org Photo: Women Leading Government - TX Chapter In September 2012, ICMA President-elect Bonnie Svrcek established a Task Force on Women in the Profession to evaluate the barriers facing women in the local government profession and to develop strategies to remove the barriers for those [...]
Sometimes we overlook how easy it is for women to be supportive of one another. By Linda Kelly - Town Manager, Town of Windsor CA Keynote speaker at the ICMA Annual Conference on Sunday, September 27, 2015 was Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and [...]
So, you're back from your conference? How are you going to follow-up with the people you met? Here's some good advice... By Darrah Brustein You’ve attended a networking event. Now what? You have a pocket full of business cards and no idea what to do with them. Business cards have no value if you don’t use [...]
Look for the League of Women in Government at the ICMA Conference in Seattle for your own #13Percent button to show your support for advancing women to senior level positions in local government!
Making the Most of YOUR Conference Experience Are you headed to the ICMA Conference in San Antonio, your state association meeting or regional luncheon? Regardless of where you are headed, you'll want to make the most of your time and your organization's investment in you while you attend the event. But how do you get the [...]
Are you going to the ICMA conference in Seattle in September? Do you want to show your support for all things #13Percent? If so, write these sessions down in ink so you won’t miss a single opportunity to talk about gender equity in local government leadership. Click HERE for convenient list of Women's Sessions at [...]