Congratulations to the 2017 Alberta Municipal Affairs -- Minister's Awards for Excellence Recipients
CAMA would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2017 Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence for your contributions in the areas of innovation, partnerships, and safe communities. The diversity of the award winners and the honourable mentions demonstrate that innovation and creativity can happen in a municipality of any size:
- Clearwater County – Sasquatch and Partners Initiative (environmental stewardship)
- Town of Olds - This Affects You: Municipal Engagement Excellence (citizen engagement)
- Leduc County - Aerotropolis Viability Study (comprehensive plan and feasibility study)
- Town of Grimshaw - Joint Schools Project/Joint Use Agreement (joint use agreement)
- Parkland County - Property Awareness Safety Training (occupational health and safety)
- City of Edmonton - Civic Accommodation Transformation (accommodations and employee wellness)
- City of Calgary - Transforming Municipal Procurement (municipal procurement)
- Villages of Irma, Chauvin and Edgerton - Shared Staff and Equipment (resource sharing)
- Northern Sunrise County - Inspectors Next Step Per Established Communication Table (I.N.S.P.E.C.T.) (weed inspection program)
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo - Post-Wildfire Re-Entry Information Centres (emergency management)
Visit the Alberta Municipal Affairs – Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence website for more information regarding these award-winning projects.
It’s Time to Put Your Organization’s Innovations on Paper
It’s Time to Put Your Organization’s Innovations on Paper and, submit a Case Study application for the TLG 2018 Conference, which will be held in Tacoma, Washington, April 3-6, 2018. Alliance members are a community that grows stronger by sharing stories and successes. Let us hear how you’ve made your processes or services better for your staff or community. We are offering five categories: Thinking Like a Futurist, Reinventing Local Government, Culture Club, Community Networking, and What About All this Data? You can learn more about TLG and case study submittal here.
About the Alliance for Innovation: The Alliance for Innovation is inspiring innovation to advance communities. As the premier resource for emerging practices in local government, we are building cultures of innovation and connecting thought leaders in the profession with the help of our partners International City/County Management Association and Arizona State University. We are accessible and valuable to all levels of an organization. You can learn more about the Alliance at www.transformgov.org or contact Sallie Ann Burnett, East Regional Director at [email protected].
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS CAMA MEMBER SERVICE?
 CAMA is pleased to be a partner of the ICMA Coaching Program which provides key services to thrive in local government. See how these services can help you and your employees gain insights and explore best practices. Also, tap in to the new 1-1 Coaching and Talent Development resources to be a great coach and a winning player.
The ICMA Coaching Program delivers the following suite of services to help you grow and enjoy your career:
- Six live webinars per year spotlighting best practices on key topics from local government professionals throughout the U.S. – invite your whole team to participate.
- Join the next Webinar:: "Effective Communication of Complex Issues to the Public" -- ICMA Coaching Program webinar
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, Thursday, September 7, 2017
Register now for this no-charge webinar
- Digital agendas and archives with video recordings and extensive presentation materials and examples from dozens of sessions available in a convenient online library –delivering you “professional development in a box” -0 when you want it and where you want it.
- 1-1 Coaching resources to provide personalized support.
- Talent Development resources to make greater use of your talent and have fun doing it.
- Speed Coaching session at the ICMA Annual Conference and templates for use at local level – expand your networks.
- Career stories of ICMA leaders and rising stars offering career insights and tips.
- Career Compass newsletters that address critical career issues.
Visit the ICMA website for more details.
.png) We are pleased to feature members of the 2017-2018 CAMA Board of Directors over the next few months:
BEVERLY HENDRY
Director
Member-At-Large
City of Oshawa
Bev Hendry has been with the City of Oshawa since 2014 as the Interim City Manager and presently the Commissioner of Corporate Services. From 2005 to 2014, she was the Chief Administrative Officer for the Corporation of the Township of Scugog.
Before joining municipal government, Ms. Hendry worked for the Province of Ontario with the ministries of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Natural Resources and Municipal Affairs and Housing, where her last post was Regional Director for Central Ontario. She has a BASc and MSc in Management and Economics from the University of Guelph.
In addition to this volunteer position, her volunteer experience includes membership on the Communications Sub-Committee for the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA); a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Durham Trent University; Co-Chair of the Baldwin Award Sub-Committee for the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association; an instructor at the Central Toronto YMCA; and, a director for the Durham Standard Condominium Corporation. She is also a Past President of the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association.
District of Squamish Wins National Municipal Award for Professional Development
From Left to Right: Marie-Hélène Lajoie, CAMA Past President; Jeff Sim, Senior Director – Human Resources & Public Safety, District of Squamish; and Jean-Marc Nadeau, 2017 Awards Chair/Representative for Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Congratulations to the District of Squamish, BC who received national recognition for its Hardwired for Leadership training program. The City was presented with the 2017 CAMA Professional Development Award, in the Under 20,000 population category, during CAMA’s national conference in Gatineau, QC.
CAMA is pleased to recognize the professional development excellence demonstrated by the District of Squamish with its training program. The program is designed to create employees with the critical capabilities and skills needed to succeed at all levels of the organization.
Hardwired for Leadership is an internal training program for municipal employees that focuses on:
- Effective Communication Skills
- Coaching and Effective Feedback
- Difficult Conversations & Conflict Resolution
- Effective Recognition
- Leading High Performance Teams
- Project Management Success
- Change Management
- Leading a Culture of Service Excellence
- Personality Profile awareness, using the DISC model – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness – with the goal of all employees completing their profile to further support an effective and collaborative workplace.
The program, developed with the guidance and expertise of Impact People Practices’ Christine McLeod, dates back to 2015, and looks at three aspects: developing leaders at all levels of the organization; developing leaders locally; and, developing a succession mindset. Employees at every level of the organization are invited to join the program.
“We are seeing that the Hardwired for Leadership program is foundational in its ability to build employee engagement, motivation and loyalty,” says District of Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman. “Lasting results come from a committed team. When we create a culture of leadership, we create better decision making and morale throughout the entire organization. We are thrilled that our program is the recipient of this award, and thank CAMA for the recognition.”
For additional information, contact Rachel Boguski, Communications Coordinator, 604-815-4967,[email protected]
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