Why City Managers Keep Seeing the Same Problems
Long council meetings, stalled budgets, and recurring problems usually point to a broken process.
When city managers and county administrators have a clear way to work through hard issues together, meetings get cut in half, more voices get heard, and decisions stop circling without resolution.
Homerun Leadership’s IROD Facilitation Suite helps your team make better group decisions, build real consensus, and move faster to action.
“The app allows us to facilitate a strategic plan in 1 day!”
– Dave Bartholomay, Mayor, Circle Pines
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The Reality You’re Facing
You have sat through those meetings:
- A council work session runs long.
- A budget item gets discussed from every angle.
- Cross-department tension shows up again.
Two hours later, there is still no decision and no clear next step. That’s not just frustrating. It creates real operational drag.
Our tools help city administrators like you improve strategic decision-making across departments, build durable consensus among stakeholders, and navigate complex choices that shape your city’s long-term future.
The Issue Is NOT Your People
Your staff isn’t the problem, and your council isn’t broken because people don’t care. Most city teams are working hard to solve real problems under constant pressure.
The challenge is the process.
When teams rely on an inconsistent or weak decision-making structure, discussions become harder than they need to be. Critical information gets missed, stronger voices dominate, and groups leave the room without true alignment or shared ownership of the outcome.
That’s when decisions stall—or circle back repeatedly on the same budget issues, personnel challenges, and interdepartmental conflicts.
The Solution: Homerun Leadership
Homerun Leadership equips your team with a simple, proven, science-backed 4-step decision-making process designed for high-stakes public sector conversations.
THE IROD PROCESS: SIMPLE. PROVEN. EFFECTIVE.
The IROD Facilitation Suite supports the conversations that matter most—whether it’s an agenda item, budget reduction, departmental conflict, or strategic planning session.
I – INFORMATION
Gather the facts needed to make an informed decision and reduce blind spots.
R – REACTIONS
Surface perspectives early to build trust and prevent resistance later.
O – OPTIONS
Explore multiple pathways to strengthen thinking and surface risks and trade-offs.
D – DECISION
Arrive at clear, supported decisions that are easier to implement and sustain.
IROD helps city teams move beyond circular discussions and into clear, usable decisions made in the room—and carried out afterward.
Regular Leadership
- A 2-hour meeting ends with more discussion and no decision
- A budget issue gets pushed to the next agenda again
- Departments stay stuck in the same conflict
- Problems keep escalating back to the city manager’s desk
Homerun Leadership
- That same meeting is cut in half and ends with a clear decision and the next step
- A budget decision gets worked through in one session with documented direction
- Department leaders work toward a decision that people can support and carry out
- More issues get solved at the department level before they become your problem
Which would you rather spend your time doing?
Sitting through another unresolved meeting, or leaving the room with a decision and a plan?
Three Specialized Apps. One Proven Framework.
One system for solving problems, building consensus, and helping your leaders move faster.
Homerun
Problem-Solving App
Make tough decisions before they turn into bigger problems.
Use it to run focused meetings, get better thinking from your team, and make decisions with clarity instead of dragging them out.
Homerun
Innovation App
Turn input into action without months of meetings.
Capture input from hundreds of people at once, surface AI-summarized themes, and prioritize what matters most in a single session.
Homerun
Conflict Resolution App
Work through conflict before it spreads through the system.
Facilitate conflict resolution in a structured, private, and documented process that helps people move forward without blowing up the relationship.
Cut Your Meeting Times in Half
A Webinar for City Managers and County Administrators
You do not need another theory-heavy leadership course.
You need a better way to run the next hard city meeting.
Homerun Leadership webinars show city managers and county administrators how to cut meeting times in half, improve group decision-making, and leave the room with consensus, direction, and a documented plan.
What You Will Learn
- Why city meetings drag on without resolution
- Where group decision-making breaks down in council, staff, and cross-department conversations
- How the 4-step IROD process helps teams move from discussion to decision
- What the Homerun apps look like in real city scenarios
- The step most leaders skip that leads to bad decisions and repeated issues
What You Will See
- A live look at the Homerun platform in action
- A practical example using a real leadership problem
- How your team can use the same process to solve issues faster and with less friction
This is not a theory-heavy session. It is a practical walkthrough built for real city leadership situations.
If your meetings keep generating more discussion than direction, this is a strong place to start.
Ready to Make Decisions Faster?
Run your next meeting with a process built to help your team think better together, reach consensus faster, and leave with a decision instead of another follow-up.
Homerun Leadership helps city managers and county administrators reduce friction, improve cross-department alignment, and keep more issues from escalating back to their desks. That is what happens when the process gets better.