Leadership for Challenging Times
August 30th, 2009
In the past I have been fairly critical of the supervision I have seen within the law enforcement and correctional community. I have given very graphics examples and descriptions of the poor efforts being applied by many managers in all aspects of the administrative roles of our agencies. And yet I have been given an opportunity to offer a solution to the problems administrators of today as well as the supervisors of tomorrow will experience. An action plans so to speak, a detailed roadmap to deal with change and how to become a better decision maker and a leader whom your officers will want to follow and excel for. They will sacrifice and extend loyalty and they will grow and develop. Read more…
“Lions for Lambs,” stems from an expression that German soldiers used in referring to their British counterparts during World War One. Admiring the bravery of the English infantry while condemning the idiocy of their superiors, the Germans would remark “Never before have such lions been led by such lambs.” 
Have you ever said, “How did this guy get into a leadership role?”
The goal is to identify officers who pose a liability to the department and themselves. Even though obtaining a position in corrections and law enforcement is a difficult process at best we must consider the individuals who slip through the cracks. These are the officers who get the most complaints and consider themselves the mavericks or rock stars of the agency. These officers are the superheroes of the shift whose arrests or forcible takedowns are sometimes questionable and overly aggressive.