ICLD - Phase 3

ICLD 3.1 Human Factors & Leadership

This module addresses the human factors involved in policing and how they play a pivotal role in supervisors increasing safety margins internally and educating officers, as well as, the community on how human factors effect policing practices.  The module also stresses the importance of exercise, a personal life outside of the job and other outside interest. 

ICLD 3.2 Founding Fathers on Leadership

In an attempt to extend students concepts, principles and tools in this comprehensive summary of the book Founding Fathers on Leadership, Classic Teamwork in Changing Times, by Donald T. Phillips, the instructor takes a look at the challenges that the American founding fathers faced as they began the process of establishing a new government and the teamwork, they displayed in order to accomplish their goals in very trying times.

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ICLD 3.3 Adaptive Leadership

This module gives students a comprehensive look at Adaptive Leadership and why it is so important to law enforcement leaders.  In today’s fluid, ever-changing environment leaders must be ready to adapt to situations as they arise.  Adaptive leadership is the key to making key decisions based on the best information available, particularly in emergent situations.  This module provides students with concepts and practices for utilizing adaptive leadership techniques in their professional lives. 

ICLD 3.4 Authentic Leadership

This module introduces the concept of the Authentic Leadership, which is leading in accordance with one’s values, preferences and needs as opposed to simply leading to please others.  Why is this so important to law enforcement leaders at all levels?  Simply put, law enforcement professionals are approached from all directions from individuals and groups that will challenge their authenticity, particularly when it comes to performing their duties.   This module stresses the need for Authentic Leadership and cites some of society’s ethical and organizational failures, as well as security breaches as just some of the reasons that Authentic Leadership is a must to instill community and public trust.

ICLD 3.5 Servant Leadership

This module concerns itself with one of the truly challenging concepts of leadership in the law enforcement arena, Servant Leadership.  You see, while law enforcement professionals, by virtue of the profession, are public servants, they often fail to embrace this role or they don’t truly understand what this means.  The Servant Leadership module is designed to introduce students to the concept of being a servant leader.  It will share examples of Servant Leadership from leaders in industry, the military and law enforcement. 

ICLD 3.6 Credible Leadership

This module discusses the importance of Credible Leadership and what that means.  It lists positive outcomes that Credible Leadership can influence.  The module also reviews the Managerial Leadership Diagram depicting how Credible Leadership positively affects an entire workgroup and why.  It also illustrates what a low and highly credible leader looks like.

ICLD 3.7 Effective Leadership

This module discusses effective leadership and describes what an effective leader does.  It identifies several past and present effective leaders and shares their thoughts and insights regarding their leadership styles.  While these leaders came from a variety of disciplines, there styles work in many different environments.

ICLD 3.8 Toxic Leadership

This module addresses the major obstacles that Toxic Leadership creates for law enforcement organizations in achieving their objectives at many levels.  Toxic leadership cripples law enforcement agencies by allowing leaders to selfishly obtain goals that may not be in the best interest of the organization.  In this module, the instructor takes a comprehensive look at toxic leadership and the negative effects it has on individuals, organizations, and the citizens we serve.

ICLD 3.9 Community Leadership

As law enforcement professionals, we often give our all to our profession and neglect ourselves on a personal level and our personal community involvement.  Our exposure to the negative aspects of mankind often leaves us jaded and affects our personal and professional balance.  This can have an adverse effect on our personal life and leave us vulnerable to a number of emotional syndromes that set us up for eventual disappointment in both our professional and personal lives.  This module discusses these potential concerns and provides guidance on how to avoid them and create a professional/personal balance in your lives. 

ICLD 3.10 Leadership & Customer Service

This module introduces the concept of leadership as it relates to customer service both internally and externally.  The instructor discusses the importance of developing leadership skills and providing exemplary customer service traits in all that you do.  This is so significant to law enforcement because our customers are the citizens that we are sworn to serve and unlike customers in the commercial world they have to rely on law enforcement to provide excellent services regardless of the circumstances.  Leadership sets the tone for how these services will be performed.  

ICLD 3.11 Cyrus on Leadership

This module summarizes the book Xenophon’s Cyrus the Great: The Art of Leadership and War, by Larry Hedrick.  The instructor identifies 5 Leadership principles followed by Cyrus the Great as he led his armies, ruled his empire and built his legendary kingdom.  These 5 principles are discussed in the context of leading in today’s public safety arena.

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ICLD 3.12 Adaptive Decision Making

This module discusses the need for law enforcement leaders to have the ability to make sound ethical decisions even when faced with potentially volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situations (VUCA).  Making the wrong decisions under these circumstances can often spell disaster for a law enforcement agency and the community.  This module introduces students to counter VUCA decision making tactics and techniques. 

ICLD 3.13 Tactical Leadership

As law enforcement professionals we hope that we will never find ourselves in a situation where we and our team are under fire, but we also know that this is a true reality and we must be prepared to properly lead and react under these circumstances.  The Tactical Leadership Module introduces students to the mindset that must prevail during such situations.

ICLD 3.14 Emotional Intelligence

In this module we take a deeper look into Emotional Intelligence with explanations on why practicing Emotional Intelligence is critical as a public safety and leadership skill. To compliment this course, you may wish to order and read the book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ  by Dr. Daniel Goleman.

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ICLD 3.15 Positive Emotional Intelligence

This module addresses the fact that change is one thing that an organization and leader can count on.  Leaders who wish to initiate change or respond to a need for change may have to go through a transformation themselves.  This transformation will allow them to become a true change agent by increasing their level of Emotional Intelligence and their Positive Intelligence Quotient (PQ).