One-on-One Manager training can change the ballgame for Local Government Planning and ReportingWith a certain move further toward increased accountability and public interface, local government organizations are understanding that planning and reporting are not just checklist items to be ticked off leading into and closing out each year. Strategic and operational planning needs to be accurate, concise, timely, and measurable. Reporting needs to cover not just

Most critical efforts many counties and cities across the USA need to consider now is what measures can be applied "safely" to stimulate demand by getting consumers out of their homes and businesses back to work. "The facts will be evident with between 10 and 20% unemployment over the next year, reduced revenues for both county and city coffers does not lend to an easy road."

As CEO/CAO do you believe your current strategic and operational plans reflect the work undertaken by your organisation?When the new multi-year council strategic plan is being developed, there exists some trepidation as to its contents. While you, the CAO/CEO were instrumental in shaping the document, you know that your new council also had influence, but without the experience necessary to successfully balance the final document. Your