Equilibrium: Restoration Tools for the Resilient Manager

An ICMA member benefit for managers, assistant managers, and members in transition

Serving the public in the role of manager or assistant is rewarding yet demanding work. To bring the best leadership to your organization, you need to be resilient, achieve balance between work and life, and have access to the best resources to assist you.

Equilibrium is ICMA’s way to help support managers, assistant managers, and members in transition by providing a confidential service with tools and resources to enhance resilience and create better work/life balance. Offered on the LifeWorks platform, the benefits and services are designed to help with many of life’s questions, issues, and concerns. Equilibrium provides confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Learn more at icma.org/balance.

What Can Equilibrium Help With?

• Life: retirement, midlife, student life, legal, relationships, disabilities, crisis, and personal issues.

• Health: mental health, addictions, fitness, managing stress, nutrition, sleep, smoking cessation, and alternative health.

• Money: saving, investing, budgeting, managing debt, home buying, renting, estate planning, and bankruptcy.

• Work: time management, career development, work relationships, work stress, managing people, shift work, coping with change, and communication.

• Family: parenting, couples, separation/ divorce, older relatives, adoption, death/ loss, childcare, and education.

Access

For login access to the platform, contact membership@icma.org (subject line: Equilibrium) or call 202-962-3680. You can also download the app, giving you access to qualified support for your mental, physical, social, and financial well-being anytime from anywhere. The app is available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Search for “Lifeworks” click “Log in” and enter the credentials that you received via email.

You + Dependents

Share the tools and resources with your family. After you create your personal account on the platform, you can invite up to five dependents to join. Your dependents will receive an email invite from LifeWorks to join, so they can benefit from the helpful tools and resources.

Contact ICMA Member Benefits & Services

Keep us informed of retirements and/or job changes. If you are an ICMA member in transition, ICMA provides personal and financial support for members who have been fired, forced to resign, or otherwise involuntarily separated. Learn more at icma. org/mit. You can also reach us at membership@icma.org or 800-745-8780.