Local Government

Effective local government requires a complex blend of best business practices and citizen service mission focus.

RMLS is uniquely qualified to address both aspects and help you organization deliver exceptional value.*

*Due to conflict of interest restrictions, RMLS is only able to work with local governments outside the state of Montana.

Governance and Planning

Public meetings can be complex and passionate. When your team needs to focus on the details of the discussion, let us take care of facilitating the conversation.
A clear vision and strategic goals are critical to the long-term success of a local government. We offer strategic planning workshops, retreat facilitation, action planning guidance, and more.
Public boards are a vital part of the local government structure and often find themselves in difficult situations due to unclear or nonexistent bylaws. RMLS offers local government board bylaws reviews to assist your organization in developing and/or refining this essential tool.
Clear, consistent rules of engagement enable a group to have robust, effective discussions in the most efficient manner possible.
An RMLS parliamentary procedure workshop will review best practices and options for boards of all sizes, based on commonly used parliamentary procedure frameworks.
One of the most common areas we have seen local governments struggle with is the definition and consistent practice of intended roles and responsibilities between the executive branch, legislative branch, and boards created by the local government.
RMLS offers this roles and responsibilities workshop to define the expectations and ensure that everyone is set up for success within their current role.
Managing complex projects requires organization, clear communication, and specific skills. We offer a project management workshop for new project managers that covers the basics of project management, along with tips, tools, and best practices.

Teams and People

Research shows emotional intelligence skills are among the strongest predictors of long-term career success. We offer a foundational emotional intelligence workshop and a variety of advanced workshop options to support your team’s ongoing professional development needs.
Our temperament, including our values, joys, communication style, organization preference, and more more impact how we interact with the people around us every day. The Real Colors® workshop will help participants better understand themselves and others.
This workshop is one of our most popular offerings!
Local governments often promote supervisors from within the existing team, which provides for tremendous opportunity for both the staff and the organization.
However, this internal path of progression often includes a difficult transition for professionals moving from individual contributors to team supervisors.
This workshop provides education, awareness, and practical tools to support individuals through the transition process.
This evidence-based development program is designed for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. The behavior-based approach is the results of more than 30 years of research and has proven effective in increasing the leader’s positive impact on his or her team.
RMLS encourages a cohort-based model for the Leadership Challenge® program. Reach out for more details.
Team work is critical to successful operations. Our High-Impact Teams workshops build team trust and cohesion, define goals and expectations, and unlock new potential.
The current workforce is made up of five generations who have collectively seen more changes in technology and culture than any other group in history. This workshop helps participants define and understand the characteristics, values, influences, and behaviors that are common to each generation, along with how each generation can best work with members of the other generations.