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ICMA 111th Annual Conference 2025 in Tampa, Florida
Alicia McKay will travel from New Zealand to give a Game Changer session revealing powerful insights from her work with New Zealand and Australian Councils and a breakout workshop for strategic public leadership.
Strategic Public Leaders Promo Video
Learn more about the Strategic Public Leaders programme
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LGNZ Mayors' School
Alicia McKay will host Mayors School for Local Government New Zealand following the 2025 local government elections.
The busker principle
We underpay the work with the highest social value. In the new world, this toxic trait will be our undoing.
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Strategic Public Leaders Training, Sydney, September 2025
Local government managers from across NSW came together for two days of strategic leadership training with Alicia McKay - in partnership with LGPro NSW.
Council rates are a straight-up bargain
Don't vote with your wallet. Pick people who play nicely with others.
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LGMA Annual Conference in Brisbane, September 2025
Alicia McKay will give the opening keynote in alignment with the LGMA theme: "The More Things Change..."
The P Tax
How we punish women's ambition - and what to do about it
Podcasts
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The Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast with Jim Hunt
This episode of the Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast sponsored by Bearing Advisors, Jim Hunt interviews Alicia McKay about local government from down under.
Local Legends Toolkit
Provide fun, fast and effective strategic leadership development for your Mayors and Councillors with the Local Legends Toolkit.
Poppy loppers
Why Kiwis snark at success. Welcome to the first piece in a six-part series on the ambition recession.
Four empires, one square
2,500 years of Athenian empire and colonisation compete with cheap tourist trash. Travel was the winner on the day.
Identity
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You are who you aren't anymore
Straddling the ravioli ravine with a Nashville musician to wonder about the cost of becoming yourself.
Mycenae
If you're going to make your brother eat his kids' flesh, expect a run of family murders and eventual ruin, no matter how strong your city walls are.
Philosophy 101
Three wise men, three empty historic sites, one upturned rubbish bin
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ALGWA NSW Annual Conference, Griffith, NSW
Alicia McKay will be the MC and headline speaker at the Australian Local Government Women NSW Annual Conference in Griffith, NSW