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Episode 275 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Municipal leadership has a way of convincing people they’re supposed to carry it all by themselves.
The pressure doesn’t shut off.
The criticism doesn’t always make sense.
And the responsibility—financial, organizational, human—never really leaves your shoulders.
In our latest episode of The HaltingWinter Podcast, we sit down with Mike Land, City Manager of Coppell, Texas and ICMA President-Elect, for a fascinating conversation about intentional culture-building in municipal government.
Mike’s journey from delivering bread in Houston with his father to leading one of Texas’s most culturally innovative cities offers powerful insights for every municipal leader. “Culture is either by chance or by choice,” Mike explains. “And I would say throughout our organization, we believe in and work towards culture by choice.”
