by Jessica Deakyne | Oct 13, 2025 | Conferences, Leadership Development & Support, MRG Perspective
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 | Ask Mary, Leadership Development & Support, Mary Egan
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 Mary Egan | Sep 15, 2025 | Ask Mary, Coaching & Training, Human Resources Services, Leadership Development & Support, Mary Egan, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions
This is Ask Mary, an advice column dedicated to helping public sector leaders address common issues and challenges with grace, humility and wit. In this column, MRG CEO and founding partner Mary Egan offers her unique perspective and wisdom honed over two decades of...
by Shirley Concolino | Sep 15, 2025 | Human Resources Services, Leadership Development & Support, Organizational Audits & Strategic Solutions, Project Management
In the last eight years working with MRG, I’ve performed organizational assessments at cities across California, often focused on City Clerks’ offices. Recently I’ve noticed an alarming trend of what I’ll call “policy deserts”: policies and procedures are often...
by Mary Egan | Aug 26, 2025 | Ask Mary, Leadership Development & Support
Welcome to Ask Mary, an advice column dedicated to helping public sector leaders address common issues and challenges with grace, humility and wit. In this column, MRG founding partner and CEO Mary Egan offers her unique perspective and wisdom honed over two decades...
by Mary Egan | Aug 4, 2025 | Ask Mary, Leadership Development & Support, Mary Egan, MRG Perspective, Project Management
Welcome to Ask Mary, an advice column dedicated to helping public sector leaders address common issues and challenges with grace, humility and wit. In this column, MRG founding partner and CEO Mary Egan offers her unique perspective and wisdom honed over two decades...
