Seminar Overview
When assessing the promotional potential of police officers, law enforcement managers consider many factors including current performance, work record, knowledge, and experience. However, police managers know that these do not necessarily predict how the candidate will perform as a supervisor. They know that a different set of skills is required for success in a leadership role, and seek to promote those that understand how to be able to lead, motivate, and positively influence those they supervise. This seminar is designed to introduce aspiring supervisors to the essentials of effective leadership and familiarize them with the leadership language that will convince their superiors that they are ready for promotion.
Leadership Essentials for the Aspiring Police Supervisor is designed to introduce sergeant’s candidates to the fundamentals of contemporary law enforcement leadership, create an understanding of the role of the supervisor in modern policing, initiate the development of basic leadership skills, and develop the candidate’s ability to use of the “language of leadership” when competing for promotion.
To accomplish this, the program takes a multidimensional approach that builds a ground-up framework for understanding effective leadership. It examines the role of a leader’s personal values and characteristics; methods for producing a motivating climate of respect and achievement; skills required for effective interpersonal influence; and mechanisms for developing the desired outcomes of leadership — organizational effectiveness through employee commitment, growth, and self-esteem.
Most importantly, the program blends theory and practice, providing the participant with a pragmatic perspective that reflects the reality of the law enforcement workplace. To enhance rapid development, the course utilizes a variety of adult-learning techniques (video & written case studies, individual & group exercises) and includes an array of personal assessment instruments that together create a Personal Leadership Profile for participants to use in the development of their leadership skills.
In the end, the seminar helps participants develop an understanding of police leadership that they will be able to use to convince their superiors that they are ready for promotion, and to begin their supervisory careers effectively.
Program Highlights
Leadership in Contemporary Policing
- Leadership in the Modern Law Enforcement Agency
- Differentiating Leadership and Management
- The Significance of Organizational Vision and Values
- Understanding and Influencing the Police Culture
- The Leadership Process Model
Personal Factors in Leadership
- Effective and Ineffective Leaders
- Values, Attitiudes, Characteristics, Behaviors
Environmental Factors In Leadership
- Creating a Positive, Results-Driven Climate
- Establishing Credibility and Trust
- Developing a Culture of Respect and Achievement
Interpersonal Factors in Leadership
- Power: Developing and Deploying One's Influence
- Leadership: The Situational Approach for Law Enforcement
- Leadership Style Flexibility and Follower Development
Leadership Outcomes
- Accountable Autonomy: Balancing Freedom and Control
- Effectiveness, Motivation, Self-Esteem, Job Satisfaction
Advanced Skills-Building
- Video Case Study
- Leadership Style Assessment Instruments
- Personal Leadership Profile and Development Plan
Seminar Format
- 1, 2, 3, or 4 days, available in standardized or customized formats, and presented by contract or as a sponsored public seminar.
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