Professional Development Webinar Series

As part of our ongoing commitment to our members we are pleased to introduce the CAMA Professional Development Series.  This program is comprised of various webinars that are coordinated for the CAO/City Manager, senior managers and their employees.   Along with our own webinar series, CAMA Partner companies will be providing educational and informative learning opportunities that showcase innovative services and products relevant to municipal management.   Free of charge to all CAMA members this will be a wonderful way to provide an eclectic selection of resources to all your employees.  

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Performance Evaluation That Works: A CAO Focused Session - June 16, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EST

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Canadian CAOs are leading teams through increasing complexity. They face the challenge of rising public expectations, political pressures, and shifting workforce dynamics. At the same time, municipalities across the country continue to emphasize the importance of strong internal leadership systems, including performance conversations that build clarity, alignment, and team stability.

When done well, performance conversations strengthen communication, reduce misunderstandings, and create shared understanding of goals and measures across municipal leadership.

This webinar is designed specifically for CAOs.  It offers practical tools to support performance evaluations within your teams and guidance on establishing structures that ensure you also benefit from meaningful, fair, and supportive evaluations.

This session focuses on empowering you with frameworks that reduce tension, support accountability, and reinforce the strong leadership environment your municipalities need. The guidance is actionable, easy to implement, and tailored to realities of Canadian municipal environments.

Register for the webinar here.

In this session, you will:

• Explore common obstacles that derail effective performance evaluations and how to avoid them
• Learn how to build performance evaluation process using trusted frameworks that strengthen individual contributors, align teams, and reduce risk
• Consider strategies to ensure you, as a CAO, benefit from constructive and fair CAO evaluations that support your continued success.

Your Facilitator: Janice Tanner Ernst, CPHR l Partner, People Strategy, KBRS

Guided by a people-first approach, Janice provides organizations with thoughtful human resource advice and practical solutions to impact culture and achieve performance goals. Her approach is informed by her experience in senior HR roles with both small and medium-sized organizations to complex, publicly accountable organizations. Janice is able to adapt leading edge thinking to client realities, working in partnership with leaders and internal HR professionals to provide support where they need it most.

About KBRS:

Established in 1975, KBRS began as an executive search and human resource consulting firm and has grown to become a national leader vetted by the rigorous standards upheld by the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. KBRS also founded Meridia Recruitment Solutions, created to address client requirements for expedited recruitment processes for mid-level professional and technical roles. Together, the teams share the same commitment to excellence in recruitment and talent strategy, and cover a wide range of talent needs, from executive search and recruitment to coaching and talent development, as well as HR advisory, DEI advisory, career transition, compensation consulting and more.

KBRS works closely with public, private, and not‑for‑profit organizations, drawing on first‑hand experience as HR and organizational leaders to provide practical, trusted advice and tailoring solutions to meet client needs.