Excellent Traits Lead to Excellent Results

City of Edmonton Leaders come from all walks of life, but have a lot in common. Our Leaders are:

  • Personable...a progressive outlook for planning and building a great City while keeping the big picture in mind.
  • Inspirational...to their teams, colleagues and the community.
  • Mindful...of the needs of Edmontonians with every action they take.
  • Managers...who direct projects that enhance the experience of all residents and visitors.

The Skills and Competencies That Define Leadership

Our Leaders at all levels are expected to be experts at managing people and operations. In order to achieve results and maintain continual improvement, we expect each Leader to:

  • Set direction and align resources.
  • Grow and retain talent.
  • Create a high-performance climate.
  • Achieve results.
  • Lead change.
  • Build influential business relationships.
  • Encourage effective communication.
  • Utilize strategic thinking, planning and organizing.
  • Use operations-management abilities.
  • Demonstrate technical and functional expertise.

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