Coaching Corner

Overview - Cal-ICMA Coaching Program

As many local government executives retire, the Cal-ICMA Coaching Program aims to prepare talented mid-career professionals to take their places in senior management roles.

Cal-ICMA Coaching Program Goals

Through a volunteer network of experienced local government executives and senior assistants serving as coaches, the Cal-ICMA 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.
  • Provide opportunities for successful local government managers to share their expertise in ways that are effective, efficient, and personally rewarding.
  • Click here for the preliminary schedule of Telephone Coaching Panel topics and dates for 2010.

Please click here to join the complimentary Coaching Program email list and to receive notices of program services and activities. 

Questions or suggestions?  Please Contact:  Don Maruska, Master Certified Coach; Director, Cal-ICMA Coaching Program; cal-icma@donmaruska.com.

Target Groups

The Coaching Program focuses on the development needs of two groups:

  1. New local public agency executives or persons applying to become local public agency executives to enhance their prospects for success through targeted support at their critical initial stages of leadership responsibility.
  2. Up-and-coming local government management talent to outline career pathways and opportunities, provide guidance and support on ways to prepare for advancement, and enrich the network of relationships and resources to enjoy rewarding careers.

Program Elements

Telephone/Webinar panel discussions on key leadership topics.

  2. One-to-One Coaching for aspiring managers who want a volunteer senior manager to help them advance in their careers. 
  3. Cal-ICMA "eCoaching" Program Features a "Dear eCoach" column and allows individuals to submit email questions on career topics which are forwarded anonymously to a team of Cal-ICMA coaches.  The questioner will get an e-mail response and the answers (without identifying the questioner) will also appear in the "Dear eCoach" column.
  4. Local area networking events conducted by Area Manager Groups to promote interaction between local public agency executives and aspiring managers. Click here for sample format for networking events (MSWord).
  5. Management Style Analysis reports. A limited number of Management Style Analysis reports are funded with the current budget for the Coaching Program. Those remaining are available to current members of MMANC (www.mmanc.org) and MMASC (www.mmasc.org) as listed on their websites. To receive a confidential, personalized 24-page profile report, click below for a copy of the instrument, print out the questionnaire, answer the questions, fax the response sheet to 805-772-4697, and be sure to include a cover sheet that clearly specifies (a) your name, (b) MMANC or MMASC membership, and (c) the e-mail address to which you'd like the report sent. Please confirm your membership in MMASC and MMANC before submitting your form. Click here for a copy of the Style Analysis Instrument (PDF). Click here to listen to a recording on how to use your Management Style Analysis Profile to be more effective in your work and be better understood by others.

*Sponsored by Bob Murray & Associates, Comcast, CPS, CCMF, MMANC, MMASC, CCJPA and ICMA with PodCasting sponsored by MuniFinancial


Downloads
  2009 Cal-ICMA Coaching Program Brochure (Adobe Acrobat Document, 3,343 KB)
  2008 Cal-ICMA Coaching Program Brochure (Adobe Acrobat Document, 1,614 KB)
  2007 Cal-ICMA Coaching Program Brochure (Adobe Acrobat Document, 3,552 KB)
  2006 Cal-ICMA Coaching Program Brochure (Adobe Acrobat Document, 802 KB)