Situation Awareness is a skillset that should be practiced daily and is a valuable tool for staff. Increasing situation awareness, through constant development and use increases security, protection of staff, protection of assets and overall resiliency of staff and the …

CAMA’s Political Acumen Toolkit  POLITICS AND THE ROLE OF THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR  Recognizing the importance of political understanding in the role of senior municipal administrators, also referred to as political acumen, the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) launched a …

In the 2016 Ontario Municipal Chief Administrative Officer Survey, CAOs identified “poaching” of their employees as a significant problem. One CAO bluntly summed up the issue, “It feels like the succession plan of some of my neighbours is just to …

What is Boolean Logic? Have you ever wondered how a computer can do something like balance a check book, or spell-check a document? If you want to understand the answer to this question down at the very core, the first …

The Canadian Association of Municipal Administrator’s Business Partner Program allows companies to showcase their products and services to CAMA members and their employees.  Facts about CAMA Membership:   ⦁ As a national association, the CAMA membership offers a wide geographical appeal to potential business partners and …

Part 2 – Clearly outline when the employee is considered to be in the physical work environment and when they are not. In our last article we noted that Covid-19 changed the way many organizations do business and organizations have had …

Part 1 – Your remote work policy should outline the importance of protecting confidential information in remote work settings. Covid-19 changed the way many organizations do business and organizations have had to learn how to navigate the many challenges of remote …

  WHY JOIN CAMA? Would you like to have 650 friends across the country that share the same experiences as you regardless of the size of their community? Join the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA). CAMA is the national …

what is UCaaS? Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)  is a network of cloud-based telephone system that controls the flow of calls coming in and out of your organization. We replace your on-premises PBXs, as well as your SIP, PRIs, …

A coaching relationship involves two (or more) people who make up one team. Two people, same team, sounds obvious enough. Sometimes, however, coaching initiatives will bypass this fundamental consideration and drive headlong into the transactional stuff of imparting information. People …