April 6, 2023
Matt Lehrman on Courageous Conversations
"Your leadership imperative is not to assume that the absence of comment means satisfaction..."
From his keynote presentation, From Conflict to Conversation, Matt Lehrman shares an insight about the nature of courageous conversations.
Optimism is not the first quality many people associate with public office. It is, however, the quality that defines Trustee Maiaika Velazquez.
In local government, you can feel it when it arrives. Speeches at council or board meetings grow sharper. Social media clips get shorter and more theatrical. Questions from the dais sometimes sound less like inquiry and more like messaging. The focus can shift from working with colleagues to signaling to voters.
A Fallbrook school board leader shares lessons on moving from nonprofit service to public governance, emphasizing civility, trust, and long-term community impact.