Urban Management Assistants of North Texas

Announces New Initiative to Develop Next Generation Leaders

in Partnership with NCTCOG and SGR Training

The Urban Management Assistants of North Texas (UMANT) announced today that they have entered into a collaborative initiative with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and DFW-based Strategic Government Resources to launch a Next Generation Leadership Series to be held on the campus of NCTCOG as a part of The Institute for Leadership and Change Management.  

UMANT President, E.A. Hoppe, noted that NCTCOG and SGR's Institute for Leadership and Change Management already has an exceptional reputation for providing outstanding training to local governments, and this initiative will build on that foundation in partnership with UMANT to develop next generation leaders for the local government profession at a very inexpensive cost due to the power of collaboration.  

Hoppe said that "UMANT has a long history of helping prepare young professionals for senior leadership roles in local government, and our alumni include some of the most influential local government professionals in the region.  This collaboration will build on UMANT's strong history, and help supplement UMANT's existing offering of professional development opportunities.  These sessions will provide a consistent monthly professional development opportunity for our members, taking UMANT's effort in developing these next generation leaders to the next level.  The Institute for Leadership and Change Management is a national pacesetter in the quality of our local government leadership development, with an emphasis upon equipping local government leaders to manage and lead more effectively in a rapidly changing world."

The Institute for Leadership and Change Management Next Generation Leadership Series is offered as a monthly brown bag luncheon where leading local government practitioners will provide hands-on insights to help young professionals develop the competencies needed for success as local government managers.  Each luncheon will focus on one of the specific competencies established by the International City Management Association (ICMA) as an essential competency for local government professionals.

Next Generation Leadership luncheon topics include:

1.     Staff Effectiveness (Part 1) - Coaching and Mentoring

2.     Staff Effectiveness (Part 2) - Team Leadership

3.     Staff Effectiveness (Part 3) - Empowerment and Delegating

4.     Policy Facilitation (Part 1) - Facilitative Leadership and Facilitating Council Effectiveness

5.     Policy Facilitation (Part 2) - Mediation and Negotiation

6.     Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 1: Public Works

7.     Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 2: Law Enforcement

8.     Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 3: Fire and Emergency Management

9.     Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 4: Economic Development

10.  Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 5: Parks, Recreation and Libraries

11.  Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning 6: Planning and Zoning

12.  Citizen Service

13.  Performance Measurement/Management and Quality Assurance 

14.  Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation

15.  Technological Literacy

16.  Democratic Advocacy and Citizen Participation

17.  Diversity 

18.  Budgeting 

19.  Financial Analysis 

20.  Human Resources Management  

21.  Strategic Planning  

22.  Advocacy and Interpersonal Communication

23.  Presentation Skills  

24.  Media Relations including Open Records and Open Meetings  

25.  Integrity - including personal, professional and organizational

26.  Personal Development

Each session will be a brown bag luncheon, and will have a registration fee of only $22 for UMANT members, $109 for non-members.  In addition, UMANT is exploring scholarship opportunities for UMANT members to attend these sessions.  For more information on UMANT membership, visit www.umant.com.

The first Next Generation Leadership Brown Bag Lunch will be held on March 12 at NCTCOG offices in Arlington.  Ron Holifield will be speaking on Staff Effectiveness - Coaching and Mentoring.  For more information, visit www.governmentresource.com and click Event Calendar.

To make sure you receive notification of future Next Generation Leadership luncheons, contact Cindy Hanna at cindy@governmentresource.com to be added to SGR's email notification list.

Ron Holifield, CEO of Strategic Government Resources, said, "UMANT has a stellar reputation as a premier network for outstanding local government rising stars.  We are very excited to be associated with them and to partner with UMANT and NCTCOG to produce this outstanding series to help develop the next generation of local government leaders".   

For more information contact:

David Gaines, Management Analyst, City of Carrollton and UMANT Professional Development Committee Co-Chair, (972) 466-3013, david.gaines@cityofcarrollton.com, www.umant.com

Lauren Clark, Management Assistant, Town of Addison and UMANT Professional Development Committee Co-Chair, (972) 450-2871, lclark@addisontx.gov, www.umant.com

Matt McCombs, Management Analyst, Town of Addison and UMANT Treasurer, (972) 450-7090, mmccombs@addisontx.gov, www.umant.com

Monte Mercer, Deputy Executive Director, North Central Texas Council of Governments, 817-695-9121, mmercer@nctcog.org, www.nctcog.org

Ron Holifield, CEO, Strategic Government Resources, 214-676-1691, ron@governmentresource.com, www.governmentresource.com