Leading Your Community: A Guide for Local Elected Leaders

City managers can help newly elected officials step into their new roles and be effective members of the team with this valuable resource from ICMA and the National League of Cities. Leading Your Community: A Guide for Local Elected Leaders is a quick and easy-to-understand introduction to the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of local elected officials. This 90-page guide provides a framework to help the newly elected official strengthen his/her effectiveness as an individual leader and as a member of the local leadership team. This guide provides strategies to help local elected leaders broaden their leadership perspective to be able to anticipate new challenges while maintaining attention to day-to-day service needs.