A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Bonnie Svrcek, By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the next in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Bonnie Svrcek, retired City Manager, Lynchburg, VA and Executive Director of the Virginia Women's Municipal Leadership Institute. In [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Rebecca Ryan, General Manager, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Australia By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the next in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Rebecca Ryan, General Manager, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Australia. In this article, Rebecca [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, Santa Rosa, California By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the third in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, Santa Rosa, California. In this article, Maraskeshia reflects on [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Peggy Merriss, Executive Director, Georgia City-County Management Association By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the second in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Peggy Merriss, former city manager and current Executive Director of the Georgia [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Corri Spiegel, ICMA Midwest Regional Vice President By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the first in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Corri Spiegel, the Regional Vice President representing the Midwest on the ICMA board. In [...]
MEET THE 2020 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER WINNER Vanessa Donovan Hale, Assistant Town Administrator, Southborough, MA The League caught up with the 2020 Leadership Trailblazer Award Winner Vanessa Donovan Hale to talk about being named a Leadership Trailblazer and having a career in public service: Q: Congratulations on being named the 2020 Leadership Trailblazer Award Winner. [...]
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 [...]
What are YOU most proud of achieving in 2016? What are YOUR goals for 2017? 2016 will go down in the record books as one of the most unusual, controversial years in history! Between the discord of the national election and unprecedented civil discord across the world to the unbelievable athleticism of the summer Olympics [...]
The Importance of: By Jan Perkins, Senior Partner, Management Partners (former city manager) It can be scary to ask people for genuine feedback, because it requires you to be vulnerable and to open yourself to criticism. You risk learning that a project you poured your heart into was perceived by others as less than successful, [...]
