How leadership training is shaping a generation of mayors

This week, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative welcomes its sixth class of mayors, a diverse group of 40 leaders from North America, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. They’re joining a network that includes nearly 200 more mayors from 24 countries who, through participation in the program, have built their leadership and management skills to do their jobs better. Bloomberg Cities caught up with alumni to see how the program’s lessons continue to inform and elevate the work they and their staffs do each day.

MEET CELINA CHONG

Title: Service Design Researcher
City: Toronto

Celina Chong studied communications in college and grad school, and held several communications roles working for the provincial government of Ontario. That’s turned out to be a really good background for doing city innovation work.

WHAT WE'RE READING

BOLD LEADERSHIP: As mayors play a larger role on the global stage, the mayors of London and West Midlands, England, discus how they’re reshaping national politics. (The Guardian)

URBAN DESIGN: The “Dangerous by Design” report examines the rise in pedestrian fatalities and the way that streets are failing to keep people safe. (Smart Growth America)

EQUITY: Chicago releases a data-driven plan to reshape the future of the city with a focus on equity and acknowledging the harmful impact of past policies. (Smart Cities World)

RECOVERY: A look at how cities across the U.S. are using funds from the American Rescue Plan. (Axios)

NETWORK NEWS

FEDERAL FUNDS: The Federal Assistance e311 program, a collaboration between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United States Conference of Mayors, is hosting a webinar on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse of federal funds on Thursday, July 21 from 2:00-3:30 ET. Register here.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: The city of Madison, Wis., is hiring data analysts in its Police Department and Fleet Service Division.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: The city of Philadelphia is hiring Youth Support Partners and Youth Support Supervisors to staff its new Juvenile Assessment Center—a Mayors Challenge-winning project aimed at improving outcomes for arrested youth by providing trauma-informed support to youth and families immediately after a child is arrested.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: The Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University is searching for a Communications Coordinator, a Project Manager for Operations and Technology, and a Project Coordinator for Mayor and City Recruitment to join the team.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University is hiring for the following roles: