Executive Leadership

Law Enforcement Leadership Development

This course is designed to provide those newly promoted or those preparing for staff assignments, technical and practical skills for those positions. Students should be of a rank of Lieutenant or above for sworn officers and management level positions for non-sworn supervisors.

Training Goals and Objectives

The goal of the training program is to prepare both sworn and civilian personnel for the executive leadership roles and instill an understanding of the importance of the management role in any organization. At the conclusion of the course, the student shall understand the necessary technical and conceptual skills necessary to become an effective executive leader.

Training Audience, Format, and Content

This course is most successful when delivered to a class of 40 students, but has been given in groups of 100 or more with successful reviews. The smaller groups enable officers to have more direct dialog with the instructor and the other students. The format of the course is largely lecture.

The course is designed as a three-day course. The course is designed to be conducted from 0800 to 1600 hours daily.

Daily content and course schedule

Day 1

Organizational Leadership

Model of Organizational Leadership

The Individual Subsystem

Individual Needs, Expectations, and Motivations

Individual Motivation through Work Design

Individual Stress and Adjustment

Day 2
Individual In-Groups

Socializing Individuals into Groups

Process within Groups

Process between Groups

Leadership as an Interpersonal Influence Process

Leadership and Organizational Outcomes

Day 3
The Leader as a Decision-Maker

The Leader as a Communicator

The Leader as a Counselor

The Leader as a Stress Manager

Organizational Leadership and the External Environment

Organizational Leadership and the Ethical Climate

Student Evaluation

The evaluation process will consist of class participation, active involvement in case reviews and participation in visual recognition exam.

Student Materials

A wide range of digital video and PowerPoint presentations will be used in the training session, and the instructor will come prepared with everything he will need to make this an informative, fast-paced learning experience.

Detailed lesson plans are available as needed, but copies of the PowerPoint presentations and digital videos cannot be supplied with this document.