A Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Training Academy

No one ever woke up and asked themselves, “What does it take to be an average leader? What can I do today to be completely mediocre?” The course begins with the real question, the real objective of entire program: What does it take to be a great leader? What are the obstacles to greatness?

We offer the Three Cs of Leadership as the broad path towards great leadership: Character, competence, and conviction. Without the three Cs, credibility cannot be established. Without credibility, our words and deeds lack meaning and sincerity. At best, we achieve compliance from employees. At worst, we encounter open contempt and defiance leading to both individual and organizational failure. Conversely, credible leaders get more from their people than they ask. Employees feel valued and appreciated. Most importantly, employees are inspired beyond compliance to actual commitment to the organization.

We will discuss the three Cs from a wide variety of viewpoints offering new perspectives on age-old concepts. For example, should motivation be the leader’s main purpose or is there something more powerful? Does charisma add or detract from effective leadership? Do great leaders build power or give it away? Do followers want confidence or humility from their leaders? Just how important is authenticity, honesty, and integrity in the workplace? How important is your passion, enthusiasm, and vision? What does it mean to live/lead a life of gratitude? Through engaging facilitation and discussions, group breakouts and share-backs, presentation of latest research on a variety of relevant topics, and the use of real-life successes and failures, we discuss obstacles and paths to establish and sustain credibility with those who look to us for leadership.

Objectives: The course is designed to equip participants to better:
• Frame leadership in terms of heart and mind (attitude, mindset, empathy, connectivity)
• Analyze the meaning and relationship among competence, character, and conviction.
• Evaluate current literature and findings surrounding specific topics such as charisma, passion, authenticity, honesty, transparency, stewardship, ambition, urgency, delegation, and motivation.
• Explore the tension between the same virtue and differing virtues:
o Loyalty v. Loyalty (i.e., friend v. organization or organization v. community)
o Compassion v. Accountability
o Humility v. Confidence
• Recognize the role of trust and credibility in the relationship between leader and follower.
• Evaluate ways to build and sustain credibility and ways to lose it.

While the course speaks to the challenges of positional leadership, it encompasses influence at all levels of human connectivity. Any employee, at any rank, looking to expand and strengthen their influence with others will benefit from participation in this class.