ICMA President Jim Bennett addressed the membership on September 17 at the 100th Annual Conference in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County.

As a government, we strive to be consistent, fair, and trustworthy, but circumstances vary. As an individual, it is easy to get comfortable doing things a certain way. Who knows what challenges lie ahead. I am trying to develop a process so that we come up with fair and effective solutions by building on what we have and by allowing ourselves to change and think creatively.

The memory of my lunch with Richard remains indelible.

This is the latest post in the series “Growing up in City Hall."

How does the Life, Well Run campaign attract the next generation of professional city, town, or county managers?

ICMA has established its first two international student chapters, at Kardan University in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

ICMA provides funding to the Cal-ICMA Coaching Program to help bring coaching resources to other State Associations. The Coaching Program delivers six webinars on leadership and career development topics that are available free of charge to any employee of a local government affiliated with a participating State Association.

We asked our Members what pointers they would give to recent grads looking for their first jobs in local government.

In this issue of Career Compass, Dr. Benest helps us find our backbone.