Police Leadership
What You've Got Is What You Get

Obviously police leaders should come through the ranks and know policing from the ground up. The trouble is that once they get above the ground level they enter a police leadership culture that tends to forget its roots.

That leadership culture encourages new leaders to cast themselves in its own image. We've been subjected to managerial in-breeding.

Leadership means leading, and leading is more than simply commanding. In order to lead you have to convince people that you're worth following. You can't just order them to believe in you.

Here are some quotes of what people say about Chris's session (Rotary Assembly):

• What I liked most about the Assembly... Chris Braiden!
• What I liked most about the Assembly ... Chris Braiden's talk!
• Speakers were excellent. They should be used at the District Conference.
• Nice mix of education and passion.
• Chris was excellent! Very inspirational.
• Policeman Chris has some great wisdoms!
• Inspirational speakers ... especially Chris Braiden!
• Chris Braiden ... TOP DRAWER! We need more of this!
• Chris's talk was excellent, appropiate and inspiring!

A Cultural Transplant - Process for Change

• Great humourous "chat" - Wonderfully presented topic
• Great speaker - incorporates humour with great ideas
• Everything! What an effective, innovative, motivating speaker
• The realness
• Didn't pull any punches - got message over very clearly - very interesting message
• Chris has been one of our best speakers - had a message

What is the best new idea or "hot tip" you picked up?

• Mental garage sale
• It's not what you don't know that will hurt you, it's what you think you know
• Too many to mention. Always good to be reminded that we should have a "garage sale" of old ideas.
• If the tool you have is a hammer, everything you see looks like a nail.
• Be reminded of what your organization does and why it is there.
• Efficiency versus effectiveness
• Core value ststement - short and sweet, measure every action against it