Today, as the "Baby Boomers" reach retirement age in record numbers all industries face an unprecedented shortage of good managers. The year 2010 represents the year of “The Perfect Storm” this is the year that the maximum number of “Baby Boomers” reach age 57 than any other year before or after – an automatic out year in most pension plans. In many provinces 2010 is also an election year.

Not only do cities and towns have to compete with their private sector counterparts, municipalities across Canada are now competing with each other to hire the best people from a shrinking talent pool. In addition to the shortage of the numbers of people there is a real shortage of general management and leadership skills... the skills that are needed to succeed in 21st century; like the ability to motivate a group of people; like the ability to take a city forward in terms of its size and capacity and its capacity to deliver services.

Today's managers must be skilled managers. Leadership is a rare asset, and only a handful of people have it. The ability to really energize a public work force; to mend broken cultures; to create long-term success; to lead cities that are often suffering financially or are in real growth mode but don't have the right management team; all these are leadership skills that are too often missing from the talent pool. On top of all that, there are many cities today in desperate need of an injection of new leadership.

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