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

2. 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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3. 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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4. UNIVERSAL CENTERING
• Department
• Community
• People
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5. DEPARTMENT
• Identify "Locus of Operation"
• Understand
• Administration/Budget
• Learn How to Procure
Resources
• What are Expectations --of Supt.
-of Supervisors
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6. DEPARTMENT, cont'd
• Develop Strategic View
• Determine Deal-breaking Issues
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7. 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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8. PEOPLE
• 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
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9. MANAGEMENT
• Human Resource Management
• Define Relationships
• Clearly Define Your Policies
• Clearly Define Expectations
• Be Consistent
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10. Management cont'd
• Be Human
• Be A Commander
• MBWA/MBSU
• Command Respect by Being
Respectful
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11. PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• Take Responsibility For Your
Life
• Take Responsibility For Your
Health
• Learn Time Management
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12. PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY cont'd
• Develop Command Staff
Member's Bearing/Demeanor
• Develop A Life Outside The
Department
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13. 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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14. 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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15. Top 10 Ways To Survive
Cont'd
• 2. Be A Good Exempt
• 1. Work Hard
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