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Session IV: Executive Leadership
To be a truly effective leader in today’s "what-have-you-done-for-me-lately" world actually requires the long view. Long term planning, a systems perspective, strategic thinking, and ethical decision-making are skills that the most visionary leaders of history possessed. This session provides insight into these skills.

Specific topics covered are:

  • Presentation skills
  • Organizational self-assessment
  • APWA Accreditation
  • Equipment and fleet management
  • Strategic planning
  • Policy development and implementation
  • Creating and growing sustainable communities
  • Leveraging resources with other entities
  • Systems thinking within public works
  • Data based decision making in public works
  • Succession planning

Dates

September 30th, 2025 – October 2nd, 2025 (tentative)