“When the people feel safe and protected by the leadership in the organization, the natural reaction is to trust and cooperate.” – Simon Sinek
Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe
Harmless Fun or Abuse of Power?
A police officer given the authority to restrict another’s constitutionally protected freedom is something that must be exercised very carefully. No matter how light hearted, good-natured or harmless they may seem, these stops are an abuse of power.
Feared by the Flock, Hated by the Wolf
“He is like a sheep dog, feared by the flock and hated by the wolves.” – Wyatt Earp
Ethical Followership is Essential to Effective Leadership
You have an obligation to yourself, your boss, and your organization to speak up when you disagree. One of the best ways to earn respect is advocating for your ideas with integrity, courtesy, and intelligence. – Dan Rockwell
Who Wrote Your Mission?
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. – W. Clement Stone
Dynamic Followership: The Key to Leadership
Dynamic Followers, simply, are followers who take charge of both their personal and professional development, ensure complete competency at their primary duty, actively manage their relationships and exercise independent thought with both professional restraint and respect.
Analyze Your Fears
Fear is a big enemy to guard against, while at the same time an essential ally to understand. Allowing irrational fear to influence your thinking can paralyze you, but ignoring fear triggered by real danger will kill you. Erasmus’ third rule is a warning to analyze your fears and understand the difference.
Character is the tree, reputation its shadow
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln
A Good Quote is the Tip of the Iceberg
I love a good quote. These short quips that stand the test of time are fascinating. What makes for a good one? It has to be short, particularly if it is going to make it on Twitter, and it has to be memorable. Being clever helps too, but most importantly it should reveal something significant. The best quotes are the “tip of the iceberg” of a rule or principle worth digging into. That is what it takes to make a quote worthy of repeating, tweeting, or posting on your wall.
Stoning the Gatekeepers
Police Use of Deadly Force: Should There be a Different Standard For Cops? The street and real life isn’t the classroom nor is it anything like the sterile environment of the court room where plenty of time, no risk and 20/20 hindsight leave plenty of time for second guessing decisions and scrutinizing mistakes that now with no emotion, no pushes, no shoves, no punches or kicks, no weapons shown nor bullets flying. – Fred T. Leland, Jr.