City Manager Unfiltered
by Joe Turner
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About this podcast
City Manager Unfiltered is a podcast by a city manager for city managers. I am your host, Joe Turner, and I’m on a mission to build a community for ambitious city managers.
I want to provide you with the career tools and resources to help make you a better executive so you can rack up victories, polish your resume, dominate interviews, land your dream job, and win your contract negotiations.
If you are a city manager looking to level up, check out my podcast, City Manager Unfiltered. Hit that subscribe button today so you don’t miss an episode.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 144 episodes
- Teaching Local Government via Citizen Academies with Jeff Niten | Ep. 144 · 60 min · Episode 144Last year, Mountlake Terrace City Manager Jeff Niten and his team launched their citizen academy. It was designed to teach local citizens about how their local government…
- In Defense of Parks & Recreation with Michael Patton | Ep. 143 · 1 h 6 min · Episode 143Michael Patton is passionate about parks and recreation and he feels like the podcast has ignored this aspect of government operations for too long. A few weeks back he messaged…
- Beating Alcohol Addiction by Never Giving Up with Matthew McManus | Ep. 142 · 1 h 7 min · Episode 142My guest tried to beat his alcohol addiction numerous times, but failed repeatedly. In this powerful episode, Matthew "Matt" McManus pulls back the curtains and transparently…
- City Managers Must Tell Their Own Story with Chris Mann | Ep. 141 · 1 h 2 min · Episode 141Before becoming a city manager, Chris Mann built a career around public affairs, public relations, and political campaign messaging. In this episode, we talk about how important…
- Funny & Amusing City Manager Stories with Tim Rundel | Ep. 140 · 1 h 8 min · Episode 140We all have some wild and funny stories from our city manager careers. Why? Because we interact with people on a daily basis and people are crazy! In this episode, Tim Rundel…
- Checking In with My Criminal Defense Attorney (Part 2) | Ep. 139 · 43 min · Episode 139My criminal defense attorney, Katie Bogenschutz, sat down with me again to update you all on my case down in Florida. We also discuss various aspects and nuances of a criminal…
- Checking In with My Criminal Defense Attorney (Part 1) | Ep. 138 · 47 min · Episode 138My criminal defense attorney, Katie Bogenschutz, sat down with me again to update you all on my case down in Florida. We also discuss various aspects and nuances of a criminal…
- State Official Threatens City Manager Over Criminal Charge | Ep. 137 · 51 min · Episode 137CAUGHT ON TAPE! In this episode, we have a recorded phone conversation between a city manager and a state transportation official who was cited on a criminal trespassing charge…
- Customer Service vs. Municipal Hospitality with Chris Gilbert | Ep. 136 · 57 min · Episode 136Chris Gilbert intrinsically believes that when residents feel seen, heard, and cared for, they become more supportive and trusting of their government. He argues that "customer…
- Level Up Your Leadership with The Mental Hygiene Project | Ep. 135 · 58 min · Episode 135If you want to be a better leader, you have to understand your behavioral preferences and deficiencies and those of your executive team and senior leadership. And the Harrison…
- Is this a masterclass on how to handle a termination? | Ep. 134 · 39 min · Episode 134In October, Mike Mortell was caught flat-footed when he learned that his fate was sealed and that he would be fired a couple of weeks later. The city manager for Stuart, Florida…
- My Criminal Defense Attorney Breaks Down the Felony Charges | Ep. 133 · 1 h 0 min · Episode 133On this special episode of the podcast, Katie Bogenschutz, my criminal defense attorney joins me to discuss the case and break down my two felony charges. I provide a bit more…
- Mitch Hammes is THAT Code Enforcement Guy | Ep. 132 · 58 min · Episode 132Mitch Hammes has a built a national reputation as "That Code Enforcement Guy" having worked himself up front the frontlines as a code enforcement officer all the way to the top…
- Black City Manager: You Gotta Meet Me Halfway with Troy Body | Ep. 131 · 51 min · Episode 131This is the second installment in our new "Black City Manager" series featuring Troy Body, the city manager for Hopkinsville, Kentucky. "I can't love your neighborhood more than…
- Announcing Sam Toles' New Social Media Course for Elected Officials | Ep. 130 · 58 min · Episode 130Are your elected officials overreacting to negative comments and criticism on social media? Tired of watching them get spun up by a handful of keyboard warriors living in their…
- BEWARE: Bait & Switch in Valley Center, KS City Administrator Recruitment | Ep. 129 · 40 min · Episode 129In this episode, I call out what I believe to be unethical and deceitful practices by the the city of Valley Center, Kansas in their current search for a new city administrator…
- Small Town City Manager Love Affair with Halley Roberson | Ep. 128 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 128Beloit City Manager Halley Roberson is one of my favorite interviews of all-time and I am pretty sure that most of you will enjoy it, too. She is absolutely hilarious and I am…
- Chris Mann: Knowing Your Why & Being Prepared to Execute | Ep. 127 · 1 h 2 min · Episode 127Chris Mann's journey to the city manager's chair was a circuitous, non-traditional one. The California city manager started his journey as a city councilman in his early 20s and…
- The Black City Manager: A New Series with Troy Body | Ep. 126 · 57 min · Episode 126For many months, I have been trying to coax and cajole Troy Body into starting his own podcast or at the very least becoming a regular, recurring guest on my podcast. I have…
- Blaine Oborn: Persecuted Because of My LDS Faith | Ep. 125 · 55 min · Episode 125For nearly 20 years, Blaine Oborn had an unblemished record as a city manager serving in multiple states. That all changed when he became the city administrator in Oak Harbor…
