Career Insights

From the “Trenches”

To the “Hammock”

OR...POSSIBLY MORE

LIKE THIS FOR SOME?

PRESENTED

BY...... THE WCMA

RANGE RIDERS

What Are Range Riders?

What Do They Do?

Retired But Active in WCMA/ICMA

Advise Members on Request

Available When You Call!

EARLY RANGE RIDER NETWORK

1994

STAN MCNUTT

AL LOCKE

EARLY RANGE RIDERS

LEARNING EMAIL

TYPICAL RANGE RIDER

TODAY AT COMPUTER

TYPICAL MODERN

RANGE RIDER

ANSWERING A

CALL

WCMA Range Riders

ANNE PFLUG BOB JEAN RON BARTELS AL LOCKE STAN MCNUTT

RANGE RIDER UPDATE

AL LOCKE HAS “HUNG UP HIS SPURS”

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AL!

WCMA BOARD HAS APPROVED AS RANGE RIDER...

LLOYD HALVERSON!

ICMA APPROVAL - IN PROGRESS)

Caught In a Crossfire?

Call a Range Rider! Feel Beat Up in the Profession?

Fear an UPCOMING Situation?

Need Encouragement?

Call a Range Rider!

Career Path Advice?

Professional Development

Ethics!

Council/Manager Relations?

Staff Relations Situations?

Employment Contract?

Professional Resources (When Asked)

All Members

Public Agencies

Elected Officials

Citizens Groups

Non Affiliated Public

Municipal Professionals

Session Plan-2 Parts

1st Half”- 5 Five Minute

Formal Presentations

2nd Half – Interactive

Audience Participation

RON BARTELS,

MODERATOR

Presenters;

GEMS OF WISDOM For:

Relative Newcomers

Mid-Career Managers

“Seasoned” Managers

Resource Panel DICK ZAIS, FORMER CM

YAKIMA

DICK CUSHING, LONGTIME CM

OLYMPIA

AL LOCKE LONG TIME CM

EVERYWHERE!!

GREG PROTHMAN, PRESIDENT,

PROTHMAN COMPANY

PRESENTERS

ANNE PFLUG

BOB JEAN

KEVIN DUGGAN

LLOYD HALVERSON

BOB JEAN

RANGE RIDER

3 STORIES

NEWER MANAGERS

MID CAREER MANAGERS

SEASONED MANAGERS

“CHECK THE OIL”

“CHECK OUT”

CONCLUSION

CHECK IN

CHECK THE OIL

CHECK OUT

ANNE PFLUG

RANGE RIDER

1. THE “NEW” MANAGER

2. MID-CAREER

(WHEN DOES THIS

START & END?)

3. LEGACY MANAGER

THE “NEW” MANAGER, IT’S ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

YOUR NETWORK:

• MAYOR AND COUNCIL OR

COMMISSION

• MANAGEMENT TEAM AND KEY

ADVISORS

• COMMUNITY KEY PLAYERS ON

YOUR FIELD

• PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AND

PERSONAL BUDDIES

THE “NEW” MANAGER

REGULAR FACE-TO-FACE

TIME

YOUR BOSSES

NO SURPRISES

EVERYONE HAS THE SAME

INFORMATION

NURTURE LEADERSHIP

TELL THE TRUTH! !

MID-CAREER

• SEARCHING FOR THE BOTTOM LINE

• INCREASING PUBLIC VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY

• IT’S IN THE TIMING– (Pick your battles)

COUNCIL ELECTION CYCLE

GROUP MATURITY

TIME OF YEAR - ISSUES OF THE SEASON

MID-CAREER

• FUNCTIONAL COUNCIL DECISION CYCLE:

• A WORKING THEORY: GROUP DEC ISION MAKING

• “RESPECT THE GROUP’S NEED FOR TIME TO PROCESS & BRING

OTHERS ALONG”

A WORKING THEORY

GROUP DECISION MAKING

ISSUE CYCLE

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Eff

ecti

ven

es

s

Initial stages

Time

LEGACY MANAGER

•OVER GENERATIONS

•SETTING UP FOR

SUCCESS

•PEBBLES VS BIG MOVES

•“CONTROL”

LEGACY MANAGER

PICK THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

(& fit your passions)

MAKE YOURSELF PROUD!

PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & PROFESSION

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION– (Act locally,

think global)

LEAVE EVIDENCE OF LESSONS LEARNED

TIMELESS PUBLIC VALUE

LEGACY MANAGER

KNOW THAT YOU CAN

WORK ON A LEGACY...

BOTH BEFORE AND

AFTER RETIREMENT!

LLOYD HALVERSON

EARLY

MID-CAREER

“SEASONED”

EARLY CAREER

WORK HARD!

STUDY

KEEP OUT

OF POLITICS!

MID-CAREER

KEEP THE PRECIOUS

BALANCE...

WHILE DANCING

“FAST AS I CAN”!

MID-CAREER

LISTEN TO THE INNER

VOICE,EVEN IF IT SAYS...

“I WANT TO DO SOMETHING

DIFFERENT FOR A WHILE!”

“SEASONED” CAREER

PREPARING GOOD WORK

COMPLETING GOOD WORK

MANAGING YOUR EXIT

CONCLUSION

1. WORK HARD, STUDY, KEEP OUT OF POLITICS

2. KEEP THE BALANCE...WHILE DANCING “FAST AS YOU CAN”!

3. LISTEN TO THE INNER VOICE

EVEN IF IT SAYS.. “DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT”!

4. DO GOOD WORK...MANAGE YOUR EXIT!

KEVIN DUGGAN

ICMA WESTERN

REGION DIRECTOR

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR

AUDIENCE ARE?

LAST TIME YOU TOOK AN

INVENTORY?

“NEW MANAGER” MINDSET?

BEYOND THE USUAL SUSPECTS

AVOID TOO MUCH INTERNAL

FOCUS

HOW IMPORTANT ARE

THEY AND WHY?

“Relationships” vs.

“Substance”

When Things are

Going Well and ...

When They Are Not

HOW DO AUDIENCES

CHANGE OVER TIME?

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU?

CHANGE ; ALWAYS OCCURING!

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

RELATIONSHIP...BETTER OR WORSE?

TIME DEVELOPING

AND COMMUNICATING?

STRATEGIC VS THE URGENT

COMMUNICATE IN VARIETY OF WAYS...BUT...

NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FACE TIME...

YOU JUST NEED TO FIND THE TIME

CONCLUSION 1. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCES

2. KNOW HOW IMPORTANT

THEY ARE AND WHY

3. KNOW HOW THEY CHANGE

AND RELATE TO YOU

4. SPEND TIME DEVELOPING

AND COMMUNICATING

5. NO SUBSTITUTE FOR “FACE

TIME”

MODERATOR

STAN MCNUTT

INTERACTIVE Q & A

QUESTIONS FOR PRESENTERS

QUESTIONS FOR RESOURCE

PANEL

PLEASE BE BRIEF AND “PITHY”

PLEASE USE MICOPHONE –

(TAKING NOTES FOR SUMMARY)

A SUMMARY OF

INTERACTIVE

CONFERENCE PANEL

DISCUSSIONS

ON LINE SOON!

RECOMMENDED

READING

QUESTIONS?

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF?

(AUDIENCE ISSUES!)

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF?

YOU HEAR RUMORS… YOU ARE ABOUT

TO BE FIRED!

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO

IF YOU BECOME?

BORED!

IN A CAREER RUT!

FEEL ISOLATED!

ALONE?

HOW CAN YOU CREATE MORE

TIME TO GET THE JOB DONE?

THANK YOU ALL!

THE WCMA/ICMA

RANGE RIDERS

& HONORED

RESOURCES! !