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Guest Blogger Charlene Stevens on being “in transition”
"Sometimes it takes awhile to fully embrace that I needed and wanted to move on." By Charlene Stevens, City Administrator - Cottage Grove, MN I have worked in local government since 1996 and been fortunate [...]
Top 10 Ways to Fight Holiday Stress
Top 10 Ways to Fight Holiday Stress With just a few more days before Christmas and New Year's, here are some great tips on how to fight and relieve holiday stress BEFORE it occurs. By Deborah [...]
ICMA Task Force on Women in the Profession: Update on Status of Recommendations
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 [...]
Guest Blogger: Lisa K. Goldman on being your own best advocate.
By Lisa K. Goldman, City Manager - Burlingame, CA A few weeks ago, a colleague and I were just back from Thanksgiving break and chatting about how we’d spent our day. Much to my horror, [...]
Guest Blogger: Kathy Spillar on How Hiring More Women Will Help Defuse Police Violence
By Kathy Spillar, Executive Director, FMF (Parent group of National Center for Women & Policing) As the crisis continues to unfold in Baltimore and in communities across the country, it becomes increasingly clear that hiring [...]
QOTD: Congratulations Chancellor Angela Merkel
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2015Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany