In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it. Be protectors of God’s gifts!
- Pope Francis
As a police officer everyone you meet is an opportunity. Every interaction is a chance to confirm or dispel a stereotype, and make no mistake, you are doing one or the other.
It is important, but for a police officer it is not about customer service. It is about treating everyone with respect and with dignity. Having a customer that you might be required to kill changes everything. It is not about creating a feeling, it is about serving with integrity. That raises the bar well above mere “customer service.”
Sheepdogs resemble the wolf, with fangs and the capacity for violence. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. The sheep would prefer a world without the sheepdog…until the wolf arrives.
We’ve made leadership about changing the world, and there is no world. There’s only six billion understandings of it.
For most leaders, Emotional Intelligence will become their ceiling – their effectiveness at leading others will hinge less on the leadership skills they develop over time and more on their ability to “know thyself” and others.
In one word, every commander should keep constantly before him the great truth, that to be well obeyed, he must be perfectly esteemed.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. - Mark Twain (1835-1910)
The best leadership draws out your best while going undetected.
Petraeus’ resignation was essential and he knew it because he is an authentic leader. For Senator Feinstein to publicly wish it wasn’t so, is simply poor leadership. Poor leadership that we have become very tolerant of.