NLC-RISC convened a Civility & Collaboration Working Group (CCG) in January 2025. We seek to support member pools and their member cities in adopting practices that reduce stress on their organizations, promote common solutions for their communities’ needs, and reduce the risk of lawsuits and financial losses (from absenteeism, decreased productivity, and increased turnover).   

Activities: Our group plans to share resources and experiences with all pools (through our sponsor, NLC RISC) and gather data about perspectives and needs for civility resources from members.  

Shared Values:  

  • Omni partiality – we include all perspectives  
  • Collaboration – we work together to achieve our goals 
  • Civility – we demonstrate respectful and courteous behavior  
  • Service – we support the NLC RISC community  
What we want to do. How we will do it. 
Vision: NLC-RISC members’ loss control efforts include practices and tools to work collaboratively toward shared community goals. Mission: The NLC-RISC Civility & Collaboration Group is a hub to share resources and learning opportunities that help members manage incivility.  
Objectives: Focus on loss control efforts, cost of incivility. Support effective governance practices. Foster wellbeing and positive interactions Goals: Develop shared resources and learning opportunities Learn more about members’ experiences and needs Provide tools pools can use themselves to help members 

We invite participation from member risk-pool and affiliated municipal-league staff and from those working in civility/collaboration or related areas to join.

If you are interested in joining or have questions, please contact us here.