INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2024: INVESTING IN WOMEN By Elizabeth Steward, Vice President Marketing & Research, Envisio When I started the Inspirational Women in Local Government series four years ago, it stemmed from a desire to showcase women who were doing truly innovative and transformative work in local government. I had three goals [...]
2020 LEAGUE LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER AWARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN THROUGH OCTOBER 2nd! Celebrating Women Local Government Leaders in a Year When Leadership Really Matters The third annual Leadership Trailblazer Award, presented by the League of Women in Government and Polco/National Research Center, seeks to honor an accomplished woman leader who also empowers others. – By [...]
League + ICMA Potential Made Possible Conference Scholarship Part of the League's mission is to increase the number of women in the most senior level positions by providing women executives—and those who seek to become them—the content, tools, and opportunities that can help serve their specific needs. To that end, the League of Women in [...]
Announcing The League + Lance Strategies Summer Webinar Series! The League and Lance Strategies are excited to announce the Summer Webinar Series! These sessions will be 30 minutes long with micro-strategies for success followed by Q&A time to answer your burning questions! Wednesday, May 22 at 12:00 pm (PST) Building Confidence & Getting Promoted Register Here! Tuesday, June 18 [...]
The League and Lance Strategies are excited to offer a 3-part webinar series: Be Intentional: 9 Strategies for Relentlessly Pursuing Personal and Professional Success. Is this webinar series for you? Read on! Maybe you’ve wondered at the end of a day, week, month, or even a year and thought, ‘what the heck happened and where did [...]
By knowing that the glass cliff exists, we can not only avoid falling off it, but climb above it. By Amanda Marcovitch, Forbes guest writer As women, we shouldn’t solely strive to shatter the glass ceiling. We must also avoid tumbling down the glass cliff. What’s the glass cliff, you ask? British comedian Sandi Toksvig explained it [...]
4 Ways Women Can Build Relationships When They Feel Excluded at Work By Brenda F. Wensil and Kathryn Heath A male friend of ours recently had a realization. He was walking through the bar at a private golf club, looking for a colleague he was meeting for dinner. The dark-paneled bar was filled with men [...]
LWG Interview with Tammy Letourneau, Costa Mesa ACM & Founding Member of WLG-CA and the League of Women in Government By LWG Editor Recently, we talked with Tammy Letourneau, Costa Mesa Assistant City Manager & Founding Member of WLG-CA and the League of Women in Government. Tammy talked about being an ACM, a City Manager, and [...]
#BeBoldForChange By Pamela Antil, ACM - Santa Barbara, CA The Women's March on Washington, Women's History Month, and now International Women's Day on March 8th -- these are all great celebrations to remind us to contemplate women in the workplace, equal pay, and gender equality. But, what if you're a guy? How might you show a [...]
By Rachel Keyser, Content Writer, ViewPoint Cloud Do you know what kind of person, team, or organization you want to be in 2017? Here’s a better question: Do you know what kind of person, team, or organization you were in 2016? In a society this fast-paced, it’s hard to catch your breath. And harder [...]