Run the World: New Women in Leadership Column By Nina Vetter, District Manager, Pueblo West Metropolitan District Welcome to our new column! Thank you to ICMA and the League of Women in Government for sponsoring and supporting our column. Every month we will hear from a different ICMA member on her experience in local [...]
Announcing the Finalists for the 2019 League of Women in Government Leadership Trailblazer Award The League of Women in Government and the National Research Center, Inc. jointly announced the finalists for the 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award. Announcing the winners, League President, Ashley Jacobs added, “Of the amazing nominees from across the country, the judges [...]
League Announces 5 New Scholarship Opportunities from Partner SGR! Apply by September 11th.... 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, [...]
League of Women in Government Announces 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award Nominees The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) are proud to announce the nominees for the 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished leader in the local government profession who has championed and inspired other women to achieve as [...]
Help Celebrate Trailblazing Women in Local Government Leadership The second annual Leadership Trailblazer Award seeks to honor accomplished women empowering others in the profession The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) / Polco are proud to announce the second annual Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished woman [...]
LEAGUE NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2019 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER AWARD The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) are proud to announce the 2nd Annual Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished leader in the local government profession who has championed and inspired other women to achieve as well. [...]
HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY LEAGUE OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT! By Pamela Antil, League CAO & ACA, Santa Barbara, CA To celebrate the League's 4th birthday, we took a short break from our regular newsletter schedule to not only update our website, but also, to fully implement our new logo. The red swoop in the new logo [...]
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 [...]
Courage to Do The Right Thing By Jan Perkins, Vice President, Management Partners & WLG-CA Board Member A car flips over; you stop and run to pull the driver out. That takes courage. Someone tells a joke at another person’s expense and you say, “That’s not funny.” That takes courage. You are the only woman [...]
Beware of Perfectionism! An Overhead View Of A Person's Hand Arranging The Paper Clips And Pencils By Laura Fitzpatrick, Deputy City Manager, Chesapeake, VA and Southeast Regional Vice President, ICMA Executive Board I was recently asked to speak to public administration students at a local university. I spent over an hour sharing leadership [...]