Cohort One Curriculum

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