The Strike Report - January 2008
 

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

“Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.”   ~President Andrew Jackson~


The Leadership Competency Model

Once you have acquired the position of firearms instructor for your agency, you become entrusted with many important responsibilities.  In addition to those responsibilities, it is also a position of leadership where you are constantly engaged and challenged on a daily basis.  To evaluate and measure your effectiveness as a leader, take a look at the Leadership Competency Model or LCM - which consists of five core competencies - and see where you might be able to improve.  This LCM is based on the United States Naval Leadership Program.

1.  Accomplishing the Mission - Stresses accountability and continuous improvement.  It includes the ability to make timely and effective decisions, and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies.

2.  Leading People - The ability to design and implement strategies that maximize personnel potential and fosters high ethical standards in meeting the department's vision, mission, and goals.

3.  Leading Change - Encompasses the ability to develop and implement an organizational vision that integrates key program goals, priorities, values, and other factors.  Inherent to it is the ability to balance change and continuity - to create a work environment that encourages creative thinking and innovation.

4.  Working with People - Involves the ability to explain, advocate, and express facts and ideas in a convincing manner, and negotiate with individuals and groups internally and externally.

5.  Resource Stewardship - Involves the ability to acquire and administer human, financial, material, and information resources in a manner that instills public trust and accomplishes the department's mission; and to use new technology to enhance decision making.

Remember, all of us have the capacity to do better.  If we demand and strive for: "Excellence in Standards and Expectations" and "Excellence in Purpose and Principles" for ourselves and the programs we teach, then you will always be on the right path.

Jack C. Perritt
George F. Wiley
Strike International

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