ICMA recognizes that being a local government manager can be difficult at times and often we are asked to quickly become experts on things that we learned little about in graduate school.  In an effort to assist you in your work, ICMA has created the new Center for Management Strategies, offering a suite of services designed to assist the local government manager and his/her team to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness. 

Focusing on the latest "leading practices," CMS can provide the technical assistance, training and education you need to enhance your work in citizen engagement/public participation, survey and data analysis from such respected instruments as the National Citizens' and National Employee Surveys, Priority Based Budgeting, High Performance Organization strategies and organizational improvement work including balanced scorecard and LEAN training.

CMS also offers free organizational assessments to assist organizations in gauging their readiness and capacity for this work.

Being a local government manager can be difficult work and it is important to utilize all the resources you can!  Let ICMA's CMS help you with some of those important areas that can help with your community's efficiency and effectiveness!