Services

How We Can Help

Interim Executives

With over 16 years of experience serving public organizations across the country, we know firsthand that local governments don’t get to hit the pause button when there’s a vacancy in a critical position.

Projects continue.
Budgets move forward.
Council meetings happen.
Team members still need leadership.

Sometimes organizations need an experienced executive to step in immediately. Other times they’re reorganizing, creating a new department, or giving an internal leader the opportunity to grow into a new role while someone keeps everything moving behind the scenes.

That’s where interim leadership makes all the difference.

We don’t just fill vacancies. We provide experienced public sector leaders who bring stability, momentum, and confidence during times of transition.

Fractional and Paired Leadership

Sometimes the best answer isn’t hiring someone else, it’s helping someone already on your team become the leader they’re capable of being.

Many communities have talented employees who are ready for the next step but would benefit from having an experienced executive walking alongside them to accelerate their development. That’s why we offer paired and fractional leadership services. Rather than replacing internal talent, we strengthen it so the knowledge gained stays with the organization.

An experienced executive partners with your emerging leader, providing guidance, coaching, strategic perspective, and practical support while real work gets done.

Development Liaisons

Economic development doesn’t just require vision. It requires capacity. Our Development Liaisons serve as a dedicated point of contact between developers and local government to keep communication moving, reduce frustration, and help projects stay on track, because while major development projects create excitement, they also create meetings, questions, coordination, follow-up, and communication.

Lots of communication.

With an IPM development liaison in place, you gain the capacity to manage these projects well with a trusted partner focused on making good projects successful.

Executive Coaching

The best investment a community can make is developing its leadership. And every leader deserves someone who’s been there before.

Across IPM, we’ve built a network of experienced former city and county managers, department directors, public safety officials, finance leaders, public works professionals, HR executives, and countless other public servants who have led through crises, navigated politics, built teams, made difficult decisions, and learned lessons that can’t be found in a textbook. IPM Executive Coaching connects today’s leaders with professionals who’ve already walked the path they’re on. Leaders grow, the organization improves, and the community benefits.

Leadership and Expertise Across Local Government

City/County/Town Manager
Administrative Services Director
Auditor
Chamber Director
Chief Information Security Officer
City/County/Town Engineer
Community Development Director
Development Services Director
Engineer
Finance Director
Floodplain Manager
Grants Administrator
Human Services Director
Library Director
Planner
Procurement/Purchasing Officer
Risk Manager
Transportation Manager
Wastewater Director

City/County/Town Administrator
Air Quality Manager
Budget Director/Manager
Chief Building Official
City/County/Town Attorney
Code Enforcement
Community Services Director
Economic Development Director
Executive Director
Fire Chief
General Manager
Housing Director
Innovation Director
Parks and Recreation Director
Planning and Zoning Administrator
Project Manager
Tourism Director
Tribal Manager

Assistant City/County/Town Manager
Airport Director
Capital Improvement Projects Manager
Chief Information Officer
City/County/Town Clerk
Community Center Director
Deputy City/County/Town Manager
Elections Supervisor
Facilities Director
Fleet Manager/Director
Government Relations Director
Human Resource Director
IT Director
PIO
Police Chief
Public Works Director
Traffic Supervisor
Utilities Director

Keep your organization moving forward.

Maintain stability and momentum during leadership transitions
Bring experienced local government leadership on board when you need it
Keep critical projects and organizational priorities moving forward
Protect your team from the added workload and strain of an extended vacancy
Create time and space to make the right long-term hire and organizational decisions
Build internal leadership capacity for existing team members

We emphasize ethics and confidentiality.

Addressing ethical standards in public management starts with the hiring process. Recruiting talented, trustworthy and ethical individuals can be a time-consuming process. Adopted in 1924, the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) developed a Code of Ethics which defined the principles that today serve as the foundation for the local government management profession and set the standard for excellence. The mission of ICMA is to create excellence in local governance by developing and fostering professional local government management worldwide. IPM requires each of our Associates to abide by ICMA’s code of ethics and sign confidentiality agreements to protect the client.

ICMA Code of Ethics