Leading high performance teams is becoming increasingly difficult and important – while I do not believe there are any “tricks” to success, Kristi Hedges has identified five traits which help leaders create strong teams. 1. They prioritize listening 2. They point out other people’s potential 3. They spread positivity 4. They don’t ignore their team 5. They stay connected to …
Leading, Not Managing: 3 Essential Leadership Skills
In Leading, Not Managing: 3 Essential Leadership Skills, Olga Mack and Katia Bloom identify the key difference between a leader and a manager. Managers are capable of getting employees to do what they want, Leaders are able to inspire teams to surpass their expectations – achieving results the Leader may not have known were possible. Leaders empower employees in their …
Ethical behaviour from police leaders is risk management in action
Risk comes in many forms – the financial cost of law suits, diminished capacity from the drain of poorly lead human resources, the loss of public confidence from scandals in the media. Policing in a free and democratic society is strengthened by public support – built on the foundation that the police serve the public. In this context, accountability requires …
5 Leadership Lessons Learned From The Military…..
What can be more important than leadership for senior police officers? Men and women in law enforcement exercise enormous authority under less than ideal circumstances. Giving them the tools to succeed, the motivation to improve and meet society’s high expectations cannot be accomplished by managers – it requires true leadership. Jeff boss believes the leadership lessons he learned in thirteen …
Leadership: Three ways to show, not tell
In today’s fast paced environment with rapid technological change and emerging challenges, senior leaders in police services need to be getting the best out of their people. To achieve this I believe police services need to create an environment and culture of excellence. This starts and ends with the quality of leadership. I believe that to be successful, police services …
How the Insurance Industry Could Reform American Policing
This article explores the impact of insurance companies on risk management for smaller police services in the United States. Clearly the prevention of law suits is an important risk management system for any modern police service. However, I believe that risk management for police services cannot be “contracted out” to insurance companies – in isolation of other quality control systems …
Did you know 2016?
This video presents eye opening statistics about the rate and pace of technological and demographic change in the world. The implications for policing – and other professions – are profound. One concept that stood out for me was the fact that students are now studying for jobs that do not currently exist. The need for police services to foster organizational …
Police Body Cameras: What Do You See?
An interesting article by Timothy Williams, James Thomas, Samuel Jacoby and Damien Cave with video footage from body cameras being worn by police officers in different scenarios. As police services strive to meet public expectations of accountability and transparency in a digital age, many see body cameras being worn by police officers as a perfect solution. The authors argue that …
Profound loss of productivity from “multi-tasking” aka “task switching”
Jessica Harris has written a great article describing the dramatic loss in productivity due to interruptions by email messages and other distractions. She describes the impact of “task mismanagement” as follows: Unfortunately, the time and productivity lost due to task mismanagement is profound. According to Inc., the estimated cost of lost productivity due to multitasking is $450 billion, and the …