GMA Initiatives

Community and Workplace Culture

The Embrace program helps cities strengthen leadership, enhance collaboration, and drive community and workplace success. By equipping municipal and community leaders with practical tools and strategies, we support cities in fostering innovation, effective engagement, and sustainable growth, creating environments where people want to live, work, and thrive.

Objectives

EEquip cities and leaders with tools to strengthen communities and organizations.
MMobilize resources and ideas to drive progress.
BBuild partnerships that support growth and collaboration.
RReinforce effective leadership and decision-making.
AAdvance practical solutions for sustainable development.
CCreate strategies that support economic and community prosperity.
EEnhance opportunities for communities and organizations to grow and succeed.

Certificate/Certifications

Municipal Leader Community and Workplace Culture Certificate
This eight-month program equips municipal leaders with the skills, strategies, and resources to foster cultures that promote sustainable growth, strengthen community connections, and enhance the quality of life for all residents. Learn more

Transformational Leadership Certificate
This seven-session program equips leaders with the skills to inspire high-performing organizations and communities by exploring personal identity, core energy levels, and psychological safety to build thriving, resilient cultures where everyone can thrive. Learn more

Training Classes

Fostering Thriving Communities and Workplace Cultures
This interactive session explores strategies for creating inclusive workplace and community environments where individuals feel valued, empowered, and connected. It provides practical tools for fostering collaboration and building thriving, innovative cultures.

Leading with Emotional Intelligence Workshop
This workshop helps leaders identify their strengths and leverage their emotional intelligence to grow as effective municipal leaders.

Nurturing Health Communities
This workshop explores strategies to enhance quality of life by fostering vibrant, connected communities where individuals feel a sense of belonging and choose to live, work, and play.

Interview Right, To Hire Right
This course equips interview panel members with the skills to conduct fair, objective, and inclusive interviews by exploring the best practices, developing equitable questions, and assessing candidates based on qualifications and potential.

Steady Under Pressure: Managing Emotions with Challenging Customers
Managing customers with disruptive behavior or emotional distress can be challenging. This course provides tools to recognize emotional triggers, maintain professional boundaries, and respond empathetically.

Creating Psychologically Safe Communities and Workplaces
A psychologically safe environment where employees and residents feel valued, heard, and empowered. This training explores the step towards evaluating and fostering a psychologically safe culture where people want to live, work, and play.

Technical Services/Assessments

We offer consultation and coaching services for municipal leaders and staff, providing essential tools to strengthen relationships, boost leadership confidence, and foster thriving organizational cultures.

Services

    • Job Promotion Process
    • Workplace Culture Survey
    • Executive Coaching (Groups/Individual)
    • Community and Workplace Consultations
    • Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i 2.0 and 360) – emotional intelligence assessment
    • Energy Leadership Index (ELI) – core (anabolic and catabolic) energy assessment
    • Change Style Indicator (CSI-2) – individuals’ approach to change assessment