Municipal Leaders: Develop Faster, Lead Stronger, Build Better
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Episode 311 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming the dominant conversation in local government.
But most leaders are asking the wrong question.
It’s not “Should we use AI?”
It’s “What will we do with the time it gives us?”
Episode 310 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What if leadership in local government isn’t about the position you hold…but the impact you make?
In Episode 310 of The HaltingWinter Podcast, Benjamin Bitter, City Manager of Maricopa, Arizona, offers a perspective that cuts through a lot of the noise in today’s leadership conversations.
Episode 308 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What prepares someone to become a city manager?
For Jessica Leavins, it wasn’t a straight line…it was a calling.
Episode 307 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What does shoveling horse stalls have to do with becoming a city administrator?
More than you’d think.
Episode 305 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Most cities talk about culture. Very few engineer it.
In Episode 305 of The HaltingWinter Podcast, I sit down with Ken Striplin, City Manager of Santa Clarita, California, a leader who has spent more than 30 years inside one organization, rising from intern to city manager.
Episode 304 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Most city managers didn’t grow up dreaming about becoming one. Many of them didn’t even know the role existed.
For Jeff Weckbach, Township Administrator of Colerain Township, Ohio, it all started with a college assignment. He was told to interview someone in a field he might be interested in. So he reached out to Cincinnati’s city manager at the time…Milton Dohoney.
Episode 302 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Small-town leadership carries a unique kind of pressure.
You don’t just serve the community; you live in it. The people affected by your decisions see you at school events, church, and the grocery store. When something goes wrong, they know exactly who to call.
Episode 301 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What does 38 years in local government teach you?
For Brian Heck, City Administrator of Montgomery, Minnesota, the answer isn’t strategy alone. It’s resilience.
Episode 298 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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Most municipal leaders don’t wake up one day with a perfectly mapped-out career plan. They step into responsibility when the opportunity, or the crisis, arrives.
That’s exactly what happened to Abbie Ogborn, City Manager and City Clerk of Wright City, Missouri.
Episode 298 of The HaltingWinter Podcast
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What if one of the most misunderstood qualities in leadership is actually one of its greatest strengths?
After more than 30 years serving as a town manager, city manager, and county manager across North Carolina, Craig Honeycutt has a simple but powerful perspective:
Compromise is not weakness.
And criticism is rarely personal.
