A full day session dedicated to those Aspiring CAOs thinking about the next steps on their journey to becoming a municipal CAO / City Manager.
Join your peers for a jam-packed day filled with great advice, networking, and hands-on workshop segments. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet.
830-900 Registration
900-915 Welcome and Participant Introductions
915-1015 Pathways to Becoming a CAO: lessons learned from experienced CAOs.
Laurie Kennard, OMAA President and CAO Township of Severn, and Rob Adams, CEO of Town Hall Consulting and CAO Town of Erin.
1015-1045 Opportune times in the municipal sector. Connor Dorey, CAO County of Hastings
1045-1100 Break
1100-1200 Things Councils look for in a new CAO and Recruiter Q&A. Tony Haddad, StrategyCorp, and Kartik Kumar, Legacy Executive Search
1200-1300 Networking Lunch
1300-1345 Positioning to Move Forward: Contracts, Mentoring, and Building your Brand--Scott Vokey, OMAA Executive Director
1345-1430 Participant work on Elevator Pitch (Headline and About)
1430-1445 Break
1445-1515 Elevator Pitch Delivery and Feedback