Barry Reynolds

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• Searching for your next police leader? Look for those that ASPIRE

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  ASPIRE compares potential candidates against characteristics most often identified with effective leadership

• Succession planning: 5 keys to developing future police leaders

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  While we tend to think of succession plans in terms of the chief executive position, they are actually useful in helping us develop personnel for all positions

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  How do you become a better police leader? Ask yourself these 3 questions

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  Are you prepared to “measure up” to the image of the police leader that you really want to be?

• 3 advantages of becoming a values-based police agency

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  Many departments are migrating from a policy-driven organization to a values-based agency in which behaviors and actions are expected to comply with the organization’s mission and values

• Why followership is as important as police leadership

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  Just as we expect our best leaders to be highly competent, credible, and genuine, we also expect those traits from the best followers

• Unplug and socialize: 4 rules for improving police management

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  Whether you are a leader that actively practices ‘MBWA’ or someone that would like to implement it into your leadership strategy, there are four rules to making it work

• CAP: A program for police leaders to develop better employees

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  One of the main organizational objectives within a law enforcement agency is the recruitment, retention, and succession planning of department personnel.

• 3 rules for managing conflict on your command staff

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  Managing conflict in your department can be a thankless task, and if not carefully approached, it can lead to feelings of favoritism, or even serve to reinforce a “us versus them” attitude

• 4 keys to develop police leaders of the future

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  One of the primary responsibilities of a leader in a police organization is the development of future leaders

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  5 strategies for managing your police agency's budget

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  The annual police department budget process is part of the ongoing campaign of funding and running an organization

• Why Drucker’s ‘MBO’ has failed in police management (and how to fix it)

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  MBO has failed in police organizations due to a focus on performance measure as the outcomes of the process, ignoring the fact that the inputs are the most valuable piece of the MBO puzzle

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  How to lead without draining the life-blood from your officers

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  General Norman Schwarzkopf “managed” a million different things during his career, and every one of those million things involved people — and before he managed any of those people, he led them

• How to change culture in your police department

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  Creating a culture of change is about developing a shared sensed of destiny — and enrolling others in those efforts — so they see their interests as being aligned with the organization