Resilient Leadership- Successfully Leading Law Enforcement

Course Description
Law enforcement organizations operating in today’s ever changing and volatile times are faced with a myriad of challenges. Recruitment and retention problems, generational and staffing issues, budget shortfalls, increased public scrutiny, constantly advancing technology and social media, and unstable internal and external political, legal and legislative climates, are some of those challenges faced on a daily basis. These challenges can not only take a toll on both organizational members, and the leaders tasked with providing direction to those members, but can also create morale, performance, and accountability issues. This course is designed to give law enforcement leaders the tools to be able to successfully navigate the challenging and ever changing climate they operate in, while positively influencing their followers and peers so that the organizational mission is accomplished both efficiently and effectively. Topics covered will include: servant leadership, leadership credibility, accountability, crisis leadership, resiliency, emotional and social intelligence, and employee wellness.

Course Goals
 Familiarize students with the concepts of servant leadership, leadership accountability and credibility, emotional and social intelligence, crisis leadership, and resiliency.
 Provide students with relevant, real life situations and discuss how to handle them.
 Discuss generational differences in the workplace and how they affect daily operations and interactions both internally and with the community served.
 Discuss physical, emotional, and mental wellness and the leader’s responsibility.
 Discuss emerging trends in technology and social media and how they will affect the profession.

Registration
Date: April 30th-May 1st, 2020 TIME: 8 AM to 5 PM
Location: Topeka Police Department Training Facility 2722 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66611
Registration Fee: $175.00 / Registration Contact: Laura Stuhr at lstuhr@topeka.org or 785-368-2400 or SGT Ruben Salamanca RSalamanca@topeka.org or 785-368-2403