On August 5, MMANC had the pleasure of hosting Claire Laughlin, of MRG Consulting, an engaging coach and trainer with over 20 years of experience bringing positive change to teams and organizations. During this webinar, Claire lined out a step-by-step approach for reconnecting and focusing our teams through a series team meetings. The first step […]
MMANC Webinar: Preparing an Economic Recovery Action Plan – Reopening Your Business Community
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on California cities from health, social and lifestyle perspectives, as well created a challenging economic climate for businesses and companies of all sizes and city budgets. To prevent the resurgence and further spread of COVID-19, the State, Counties, and some cities have established onerous public health measures and […]
Pandemic Hiring Trends & Valerie’s Top Tips on How to Adapt
Author’s note: I was delighted to interview Valerie Gaeta Phillips as a part of the Municipal Management of Northern California’s ‘Webinar Wednesday’ series in June. Valerie is President of Bob Murray & Associates, a firm that provides executive recruitment services to cities, counties, special districts, nonprofits and other governmental organizations. Valerie and her husband have […]
Manteca city manager navigates transformative path for city
This article was previously published on publicceo.com … Miranda Lutzow has had a whirlwind career at the City of Manteca thus far. Just last year, she was hired as the City’s Administrative Services Director. But when the City faced a series of personnel changes just a few months into her tenure, she found herself thrust […]