City of Santa Barbara, CA Succession Program
    Recognizing that there will be a major turnover in management in the next five to ten years, the City's Executive Management Team explored several strategies to plan for the continuation of a high performance organization through a commitment to sustained initiatives that engage outside the box thinking to attract, develop, and retain needed talent in the City of Santa Barbara.

    In the end, the team produced six strategies which form the City’s “Succession Program.”

Podcast: Sustainability-A discussion with Randall Reid, chair of the ICMA sustainability advisory committee

Author Organization: ICMA
ICMA member Randall Reid, County Manager of Alachua County, Florida, talks about ICMA's work on the issue of sustainability and the role of ICMA and local government managers in building sustainable communities.
Year: 2009.