by Mary Egan | Oct 30, 2025 | Leadership Development & Support
Ask Mary is an advice column for public sector leaders hosted by MRG Co-Founder and CEO Mary Egan. In today’s column, Mary responds to a question received at the Annual MMANC Conference 2025 in Monterey, CA. Dear Mary, I work in a City Manager’s office and oversee...
by MRG | Oct 29, 2025 | Governance & Strategy
The 2025 MMANC Annual Conference brought together local government leaders from across California for a week of learning, inspiration, and connection. This year was the 75th anniversary of MMANC’s founding, and its members showed up energized and engaged. MRG was...
by Jessica Deakyne | Oct 13, 2025 | Leadership Development & Support
We are knee deep in conference season and leaders keep telling me how much they dread networking. The loud ballrooms, the business card bingo—it can all feel very “ick” when you think of networking in the traditional sense. I get it, we are not all up for the gauntlet...
by Mary Egan | Oct 13, 2025 | Leadership Development & Support
Dear Mary, Our City Manager is retiring. He has been a great leader (from my perspective). He’s also been a champion for several initiatives that are still underway that are important to our community and won us a lot of credibility. I worry that these initiatives...
by MRG | Oct 7, 2025 | Governance & Strategy
Are you going to the annual Municipal Managers Association of Northern California (MMANC) Conference this year? If so, we’d love to connect with you at the event. The MMANC Annual Conference is a yearly event where municipal leaders, administrators and managers from...
