NewsletterOctober 2, 2014
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The Warrior's Path
Fitness Tip
Ego Management
Toxic Leadership

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The Warrior's Path 


with Duane Wolfe


 

Reprinted from Policeone.com


 

Our version 'Goldilocks' is a police officer in a training scenario who needs to have everything "just right" or their performance suffers


 

There is a lesson for police officers in the story of 'Goldilocks and the three bears.' Recall that in the original version, the bears kill Goldilocks - they're called Grimm's Fairy Tales for a reason. 


 

In our version, a police officer in a training scenario - or a real-world incident - needs to have everything "just right" or their performance suffers. 


 

Hopefully our Goldilocks is not killed, but we know that death - or great bodily harm - is always a possibility for the professional police officer. 

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Fitness Tip 


 

B    Replicating strength, power, and stability demands of the job can help better prepare individuals daily tasks. This exercise simulates tasks in a split stance position requiring turning or reaching laterally while still stabilizing the rest of the body. To perform .. read more >

 

Ego Management  

  


The #1 obstacle to effective leadership is ourselves


 

Pop Quiz: What's the most formidable obstacle a supervisor will need to overcome in order to a truly lead people effectively?


 Answer: Their own personality!

 

Does the answer seem too obvious? Is it something everyone in a management position readily realizes? Or agrees with? Unfortunately, the answer to those questions in many cases is an unequivocal no!

 

I characterize this as unfortunate because denial of personal responsibility is the surest way to continue down a failing path. We can't afford failure by our law enforcement leaders. Supervisors can go to classes, learn particular management techniques, earn lofty degrees and meditate in the Himalayas with Tibetan monks, but if they don't recognize that their greatest enemy is themselves, than no training is going to help them lead others. 

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Toxic Leadership


 

BY Lt. Jim Glennon


 Managerial behavior that distorts the real mission of an organization shouldn't be tolerated


My article last month, Ego Management, was about a major obstacle to effective leadership: personality. The principles for effective leadership are simple, but must be focused on all the time.

1. People 2. Mission 3. Communal spirit

Simply put: Organizations exist only to accomplish a mission. Missions can't be accomplished without people. People thrive in a positive and energized communal spirit. If anything overrides those three principles, then you have a problem. All three must work hand-in-hand. One can't exist without the others; eliminate one and you'll fail. The problem: Ego often overrides all three. For many managers, their ego takes precedent over the organizational purpose and certainly the people hired to accomplish the mission.

Personal idiosyncrasies, obsessive compulsive disorders, micromanaging, lack of trust and personal pursuits, too often supersede the organizational mission, the people and the communal spirit. This obviously leads to a toxic climate and mission failure.

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