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Do you have a challenging personnel issue and need advice from a coach? Are you an emerging leader looking for a mentor? Is your budget tight and you missed the last conference, but want to continue your professional development? If so, the Coaching Program may have something to offer.
OCCMA has a partnership with ICMA to provide members with the benefits of the ICMA Coaching Program. Those include:
- 6 live webinars per year spotlighting best practices on key topics from local government professionals throughout the U.S. Invite your whole team to participate.
- Online Coaching Resources, including digital video recordings and extensive presentation materials and examples from dozens of sessions available in a convenient online library--delivering you "professional development in a box"--when you want it and where you want it.
- 1-on-1 Coaching for members to select their own coaches.
- Career Compass newsletter articles that address critical career issues.
All available without charge to promote professional development at all levels in local government.
Purpose of Coaching Program
As many local government executives retire, the Coaching Program aims to prepare talented mid-career professionals to take their places in senior management roles. Through a volunteer network of experienced local government executives and senior assistants serving as coaches, the Coaching Program aims to:
- Support the professional and personal development of new and aspiring managers;
- Encourage an ethos of mentoring and coaching at all levels in the local government management profession; and,
- Provide opportunities for successful local government managers to share their expertise in ways that are effective, efficient, and personally rewarding.