The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal leadership gets real. Each issue delivers direct, actionable insights on building cultures that perform, leading teams that deliver, and driving the kind of accountability that earns community trust. Want tools you can use this week? Upgrade to Premium for this week's featured Leadership Vault Resource™: Budget Scenario Planning Template™ plus full-length SCALE™ analysis, book review insights and a premium Q&A inbox. $10/month or $108/year (save $12...
30 days ago • 3 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Want tools you can use this week? Upgrade to Premium for this week's featured Leadership Vault Resource™: Infrastructure Equity Assessment™ plus full-length SCALE™ analysis, 5–10 step checklists, and a premium Q&A...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Want tools you can use this week? Upgrade to Premium for The Leadership Vault™ and your Featured Leadership Vault Resource for this week: The Transformation Audit, plus full-length SCALE™ analysis, 5–10 step checklists,...
2 months ago • 5 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Want tools you can use this week? Upgrade to Premium for this week's featured Leadership Vault Resource™: The 10-Step Process to Break the Loop and Build New Capacity in Q1, plus full-length SCALE™ analysis, 5–10 step...
2 months ago • 4 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Want tools you can use this week? Upgrade to Premium for The Leadership Vault™ and your Featured Leadership Vault Resource, plus full-length SCALE™ analysis, 5–10 step checklists, Behind-the-Book notes, bonus resources,...
3 months ago • 4 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Dear Reader, The Catalyst Perspective Communities across the country welcomed newly elected mayors last month. Women stepped into their seats in meaningful numbers and that progress deserves recognition. Representation...
4 months ago • 4 min read
For the leaders anchoring their communities in a season demanding gratitude, courage, and truth amid national chaos THE CATALYST PERSPECTIVE This Thanksgiving feels heavier than usual. My husband is still recovering from his accident. My father, a Vietnam veteran, Army reservist, and lifelong public servant, is navigating new health challenges. When he and I talk about politics, we come back to the same truth: our country is in a fight for the future of its democracy, and the people holding...
4 months ago • 2 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for service, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Dear Reader, The Catalyst Perspective On November 2, 2025, I ran my first Hot Chocolate 5K in Chicago. I wasn’t nervous about finishing; I had done the work. Weeks of training. Lifting four days a week. Eating clean the...
5 months ago • 4 min read
The Leadership Catalyst is where municipal culture and women’s leadership collide. Each issue delivers unapologetic insights on how staff culture shapes the community's trust, how leaders set the tone for performance, and how accountability drives results in and outside city hall. Dear Reader, The Catalyst Perspective I was raised to love my hometown, Kankakee, Illinois — the county seat, the heart of the region, and a community with grit and soul. But even as a little girl, I knew something...
5 months ago • 4 min read