Cottonwood Shores official lauded by Municipal League

By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula

The Texas Municipal League (TML) named a Cottonwood Shores city official among its first class of Leadership Fellows at an awards ceremony on Aug. 22.

Sheila Moore, city administrator and city secretary, was among 60 Leadership Fellows all over the state who were given the distinction after completing an intensive leadership training program on enhancing relationship and leadership skills. It was the first leadership conference held by TML, a nonprofit organization that includes many cities, including Cottonwood Shores, among its members.

“To me, personally, being a Leadership Fellow is an accomplishment,” Moore said on Wednesday, Sept. 3. “It benefits the city and me to be a better qualified leader.”

She said the course covered not just developing external leadership with the community and other employees but internal leadership within oneself. “I’ve already made some decisions differently than I would have before the course,” Moore said. “The most important thing I learned was to keep the human side of people in mind at all times.”

It was a time and effort commitment for a busy administrator, demanding two days a week for three months, she said. 

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