Leadership for Troubling Times

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Please be aware that this class is a 20-hour training. Therefore, the first two days of training will be 8am-5pm local time. The last day will be 8am-12pm local time.

Leadership for Troubling Times

Make an Impact on Your Team With Tools You Can Immediately Put Into Use

Increase Morale and Build Leaders

Improve your time management and delegation skills

Help your officers better make the transition home

Create a mentally resilient team

This course, utilizing practical exercises and department-tested theories, teaches the core principles needed of every leader from new recruits to chiefs. This practical instruction is used by departments nationwide, large and small.

Our philosophy is that leadership is not a rank; it is the ability to take people somewhere. We break this down into three proficiencies:

1. The Character of Leadership - who you are is the most important factor in leadership. More importantly, how do you teach these characteristics to those you lead in a consistent, unbiased way.
2. The Vision of Leadership - Where are you taking your team? Leaders take people places. Clear vision and goals create improved morale and performance.
3. The Accountability of Leadership - Accountability is a two-way street; how do you hold your team accountable? Better yet, how do they hold you accountable?

Organizations that are built on a foundation of leadership have better esprit de corps, higher performance, clearer goals and communication, and are more resilient to the challenges in an increasingly dynamic and challenging world. Each student will learn from real-life examples, practical application, and lessons from historically great leaders and teachers.

Class Learning Objectives:

1. Develop a core competency of leadership skills that translates department-wide
2. Tools for clearer communication and instructions
3. Better understand personality types and how to use the differences to your advantage
4. Inspire courage and moral authority
5. Create and chart a leadership vision
6. Create and lead a culture of accountability
7. Tools for building resilient organizational structure and actionable planning
8. Lead with real humility that inspires others to be continually improving
9. Be the spark of initiative and creative problem-solving for those you lead
10. Learn to utilize and understand timeless leadership principles such as the Paradigm Effect, DISC personality assessment, and SWOT analysis

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy" - Norman Schwarzkopf

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower.” - John C. Maxwell

“The day your soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them.” - Colin Powell

COMMENTS FROM PAST STUDENTS:

"Our agency has been transformed by this class. We've sent all our sergeants, and improvement in morale has been overwhelming."

"Practical skills that I could put to use immediately."

"Engaging, fun, a great opportunity to improve my leadership skills."

"I recommend this class to all levels of law enforcement leadership. As a Chief with decades of experience, I learned a lot.”

“A ton of lessons I can easily pass on to my squad."

About the Instructor, Silouan Green:

Silouan has spoken and taught nationally for over two decades on leadership, peer support, PTSD, and mental health. He has taught around the country for organizations such as: the New York Police Department, National Park Service, Department of Homeland Security, National Association of Hostage Negotiators, California Highway Patrol, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Chicago Police Department, Bureau of Land Management, Walter Reed Medical Center, Fort Bragg, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Purdue University, Fort Campbell, Camp LeJeune, the American Red Cross, the Marine Corps League, Mental Health America, the National Association of Mental Illness, the Veterans Administration, the National Guard, hundreds of police and sheriff’s departments, countless conventions, and many other mental health and community organizations across the country.

Silouan is focused on delivering solid information and practical tools for leading. He gives a broad perspective that officers find refreshing, educational, and most of all, motivating to lead. What you learn in his classes can be implemented immediately to improve the morale and effectiveness of your team.

Silouan graduated from Vanderbilt University and then accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps. While serving in the Marines, Silouan was involved in a jet training accident. In the ejection, Silouan's back was broken and his co-pilot tragically killed. This horrible event and the complications that followed led to the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD. He was disability discharged and then had to learn to put his life back together. It began with a two-year motorcycle journey where he learned to live. He then devoted the rest of his life to service and helping others overcome trauma. He has written three books: “The Ladder UPP”, “Who Am I?”, and “Sycamore Hill”.