Seminar Overview

Leadership: The Situational Approach is among the most widely practiced leadership models in the world, is found in many Fortune 500 companies, and is a key component of leadership training at the FBI National Academy. Now the Center for Effective Leadership has taken The Situational Approach to the next level by adapting this well-proven model to meet the specific needs of today’s law enforcement agencies...and in this version, the specific needs of Training Officers.

At the Center, we recognize that Training Officers face the same supervisory challenges as ranking officers, just in a different setting. Their job is not simply to evaluate progress, but to develop trainees to their full potential. Accomplishing this requires a structured approach, but one with enough flexibility to meet varying development rates and needs.

The Situational Approach provides an excellent model for doing just that. The program first teaches Training Officers the fundamentals of contemporary leadership as an interactive process between leader and follower, as well as the relationship between learning and leading. Thereafter, it concentrates on developing the skills necessary to diagnose trainee competence, commitment, and confidence, then adapting one’s leadership/training style to match trainee needs. By learning to methodically adjust to trainee needs, Training Officers facilitate the learning process and help trainees develop not only technical skill, but also the psyhcological state required for success.

Program Highlights

The Situational Approach for Law Enforcement TO's

• Fundamentals of The Situational Approach
  
• Trainer Style
  
• Trainee Development Level
  
• The Critical Relationship between Trainer Style and Trainee Development Level

Trainer Style: Behaviors to Influence Trainee Performance

• Directive Behavior
  
• Supportive Behavior

Trainee Development Level: The Criteria for Performance

• Stages of Trainee Development
  
• Competence, Motivation, Confidence

• Matching Trainer Style to Trainee Development Level
• The Process of Diagnosis, Adaptation, and Communication

Trainee Developmental and Regression

• Initiating Continual Performance Improvement
• Effectively Solving Performance Problems

Advanced Skills-Building

• Video Case Studies
• Training and Leadership Style Assessment Instruments

Program Format:

• 1 or 2 days. Available in standardized or customized formats, and presented by contract or as a sponsored public seminar.

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