Strategies for success

Strategies For Success • How to Survive in a leadership � position in law enforcement.

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Top Ten Ways To Get Dumped. (+ one bonus)

• 11. Inappropriate Use of� Power/Influence

• 10. Unavailability • 9. Unwillingness to Take

Responsibility • 8. Empire Building

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Top 10 Ways To Get Dumped Cont'd

• 7. Unwillingness to Make Decisions

• 6. Being Disingenuous. • 5. Isolationism • 4. Disloyalty • 3. Scapegoating • 2. Illegal Acts/DDS• 1. FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE

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UNIVERSAL CENTERING

• Department • Community • People

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DEPARTMENT • Identify "Locus of Operation" • Understand• Administration/Budget• Learn How to Procure Resources • What are Expectations --of Supt. -of Supervisors

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DEPARTMENT, cont'd

• Develop Strategic View • Determine Deal-breaking Issues

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COMMUNITY

• Identify Power Bases/Relationships

• Identify and Understand Agendas• Identify Power Players • Learn How to Build Effective Alliances• Understand your Limitations

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• Define Friendships/other Relationships

• Identify "Doers" from "Talkers" • Identify Problem Employees-

Learn How to Deal With Them • Understand Relationship with

Unions• Learn the People Processes

PEOPLE

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MANAGEMENT

• Human Resource Management • Define Relationships• Clearly Define Your Policies • Clearly Define Expectations • Be Consistent

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Management cont'd

• Be Human• Be A Commander • MBWA/MBSU• Command Respect by Being

Respectful

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PERSONALRESPONSIBILITY

• Take Responsibility For Your Life

• Take Responsibility For Your Health

• Learn Time Management 

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PERSONALRESPONSIBILITY cont'd

• Develop Command Staff Member's Bearing/Demeanor

• Develop A Life Outside The Department

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TOP 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE

• 10. Keep Steady Hours• 9. Stay Available/Reachable• 8. Tend to the Details• 7. Be Competent/Get Competent• 6. Be A Good Manager

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Top 10 Ways To Survive Cont'd

• 5. Do Your Own Job • 4. Develop a Zero Tolerance Attitude For Errors • 3. Be Yourself

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Top 10 Ways To Survive Cont'd

• 2. Be A Good Exempt• 1. Work Hard