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This summary report reviews and evaluates a 1979 seminar on transition and leadership for newly elected mayors. Of the 15 participants who attended, 8 were from cities of over 100,000 people, and the average population of the participants' cities was 126,000. Two of the mayors had been in office for 6 months, four had already taken office, and nine had not been inaugurated. Of the 15 attendees, 11 came from strong mayoral forms of government. The program was intended primarily to help mayors make the maximum use of the transition period between election and inauguration, as well as during the crucial early months in office. Seminar topics included the mayoral transition process, making appointments, information - gathering and crisis prevention, staffing, and transition problems. Other topics covered effective management techniques, labor relations, finance, police, and intergovernmental relations. Participants viewed the seminar as helpful, particularly in aiding them to prepare for their responsibilities. Topics covering economic and community development and budgeting and finance received the highest ratings. Overall, there is a clear need for this kind of program and for education dealing with such future trends as inflation, the decline of the central cities, unemployment, energy shortages, and more complex management functions. Nine attachments contain seminar information, profiles and geographic distribution of participating cities, and city government functions. Nine attachments contain seminar information, profiles and geographic distribution of participating cities, and city government functions.