HQ Content -  Focus on Leadership

HQ Content - Focus on Leadership

HQ Content - Focus on Leadership

Understanding Personal Leadership Strengths Understanding Personal Leadership Strengths
Understanding Personal Leadership Strengths

Ironically, not understanding your strengths can amplify your weaknesses by leading you to hold back when the potential for your impact is greatest. This problem is compounded by the premium we tend to put on humility. For fear of coming across as arrogant, we hold back even more, but the result can be that we leave important opportunities for serving others on the table.

Oct 7, 2024 HQ's Comms Hub
What We Can Learn in Policing from WildfiresWhat We Can Learn in Policing from Wildfires
What We Can Learn in Policing from Wildfires

I had trouble figuring out where to begin this year’s renewed version of the Police Leadership Program. The challenge was too many options. The leadership issues in policing today range all the way, for example, from community mental health to organizational budgeting to technical skill development.

Aug 29, 2024 HQ's Comms Hub
The Complexity of Police LeadershipThe Complexity of Police Leadership
The Complexity of Police Leadership

Yet leadership effectiveness is, simply put, about people understanding people. It is a skillset that can be learned, and that depends quite simply on leaders investing in themselves. With social-scientific discoveries, self-awareness, and powers of observation and communication, leaders can pull others together around a common goal. Among others, the below three skill sets help to get you there:

Jul 2, 2024 HQ's Comms Hub
The Leadership Imperative: Leader development in OntarioThe Leadership Imperative: Leader development in Ontario
The Leadership Imperative: Leader development in Ontario

Modern policing is complex. Whether mediating a dispute or managing a crisis, it’s a job that not only requires a deep understanding of the law and society, but also the ability to lead with confidence and compassion.

Jun 6, 2024 HQ Summer 2024
THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP IN POLICINGTHE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP IN POLICING
THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP IN POLICING

Under the leadership of Chief Jim MacSween, the executive leadership team at York Regional Police (YRP) established a mission to re-imagine leadership development within the organization. YRP knew that standardizing leadership principles and delivering them to all ranks of the organization would enrich the development of ethical and professional leaders.

Jan 31, 2024 HQ Magazine Winter 2024
Collective LeadershipCollective Leadership
Collective Leadership

Public order hubs provide a collaborative response to multijurisdictional demonstrations

Jul 27, 2023 HQ Summer 2023
THE 5 DANGERS OF A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLETHE 5 DANGERS OF A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE
THE 5 DANGERS OF A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE

Leaders often assume that they - themselves - should have all the answers, simply because they’re in a “leadership role” and all eyes are on them. Not being the expert can be unsettling. However, leaders need to acknowledge that it is gravely difficult (or perhaps an impossibility) to “know EVERYTHING”.

May 24, 2023 HQ's Comms Hub
Collective Leadership for Current Challenges and Changes in PolicingCollective Leadership for Current Challenges and Changes in Policing
Collective Leadership for Current Challenges and Changes in Policing

Collective Leadership for Current Challenges and Changes in Policing

Jan 29, 2022 HQ Winter 2022
Leading from the Inside-OutLeading from the Inside-Out
Leading from the Inside-Out

Building a coach-like culture in policing

Jan 29, 2022 HQ Winter 2022