Cohort One Curriculum

Cohort One Curriculum at-a-glance

SESSION ONE: September 28, 2018 - Kirkland City Hall

Speaker(s): Nancy Campbell, Principal, Campbell Consulting

Objectives:

  • Introduction to the Academy

  • Explore individual and collective purpose for the Academy

  • Review personal leadership assessment and begin work on development plan


SESSION TWO: November 2, 2018 - Auburn City Hall

Speaker(s): Anne Pflug, Senior ICMA Advisor & Retired City Manager and Jennifer Phillips, Bothell City Manager

Objectives:

  • Understanding the role of legislative bodies and appointed executives

  • Personal communication strategies & nurturing trust

  • Strategic Planning

  • Ethics


SESSION THREE: January 11, 2019 - Edmonds Comm. College

Speaker(s): Marilynne Beard, Deputy City Manager, City of Kirkland and Tracey Dunlap, Deputy City Manager, City of Kirkland

Objectives:

  • Finance & Budget

  • Top 10 Key principles of preparing a sustainable budget

  • Leading your team through the budget proces

  • Mock budget hearing

SESSION FOUR: March 8, 2019 - Issaquah City Hall

Speaker(s): Jim Reid, Falconer Group; Nancy Buonanno, Kitsap County; Glenn Akromoff with Deb Needham, Renton; Cheryl Paston, Sammamish; Rhonda Berry Lewis, Deputy King County Executive, KC Executive’s Office

Special Guest/Lunch: Claudia Balducci, KC Council

Objectives:

  • Critical conversations related to labor relations, negotiations and other

  • Operations and learning to navigate unfamiliar work assignments


SESSION FIVE: May 10, 2019 - City of Kent (Green River College Campus)

Speaker(s): Julie Underwood, City Manager, Mercer Island; Emily Moon, Issaquah CAO; Mimi Welch, President, Transition Dynamics

Objectives:

  • Leadership and success as a woman executive

  • Confidence & Self-Awareness

  • Life balance…whatever the heck that means!


SESSION SIX/GRADUATION: June 7, 2019 - City of Renton (Renton Community Center)

Speaker(s): Catherine Tuck-Parrish, Novak Group

Objectives:

  • Interview, resume prep and working with recruiters

  • Reframing professional experiences with a focus on results and impact

  • Leadership follow-up


Graduation Activities:

  • Message from WCMA President, Cindy Reents

  • Message from NWWLA Founder Julie Underwood

  • Cohort Testimonials (live over lunch to champions; recorded with videographer)

  • Headshots

  • Champion/sponsor photos

  • Post-graduation happy hour

Good memories...