We’ve made sure the 2024 ICMA Annual Conference is packed with top-notch sessions from start to finish. Don’t miss keynote Brigid Schulte as she shares how to achieve a better work/life balance. Catch a sneak peek of her session below!

Tuesday Keynote

Brigid Schulte is founding director of The Good Life Initiative at the nonpartisan think tank New America, and serves as director of the Better Life Lab, working to transform policy, practice, and culture so that people and families have the opportunity to live their best lives at work and at home. New York Times bestselling author, she speaks worldwide on redesigning work cultures, reimagining gender roles for a fairer division of labor and opportunity, and recapturing the value of leisure. Schulte holds an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.  

Session: How To Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life 

Whether you are working from home or working onsite, leadership can sometimes leave you feeling burnt out. You want to give the job and your team all you’ve got, but do you really have to give it ALL you’ve got? Can you also have an enriching personal life and find joy outside of work while also being a great leader? Can you encourage and give permission to your team to do the same? Join Brigid Schulte, author of How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, as she shares how you can make it all work and enjoy a better life.