Full Description
An essential handbook of policing leadership behavioural skills for both professional police officers and policing students aspiring to join the force. The behaviours examined are of relevance to all ranks and roles, from a newly appointed police constable to an executive officer.
Behavioural soft skills are essential to effective policing practice and professional development, and are particularly significant in leadership and management roles. This handbook examines the key leadership behaviours and focuses on discreet aspects within policing as well as describing a career timeline. In addition it provides a unique opportunity for leaders to articulate the effects the Covid-19 pandemic has had on law enforcement, examining the impact on policing behaviours and what the blockages are.
Each chapter is written by a well-established serving police leader or policing scholar, bringing together a wealth of experience and understanding and applying this knowledge in context through key case studies and examples. It bridges the gap between theory and practice so readers can apply what they have learnt to their policing roles and effectively formulate and describe their own leadership philosophy and style.
This is a companion book to Behavioural Skills for Effective Policing.
Contents
Meet the editors and authors Foreword by the editors 1. Introduction: Alison Wakefield 2. Navigating a stormy sea: Steve Watson 3. Leading with political awareness: Martin Hewitt and Tom Cockcroft 4. Leading police reform: Simon Byrne 5. Effective police performance management - making a real impact: Mark Roberts 6. The ethical police leader: Osman Khan and Allyson MacVean 7. Policing behaviours in a patriarchal society: Lynne Knox 8. Leading policing volunteers: Craig Batham 9. Systems leadership: Jacqueline Sebire 10. Personal and organisational accountability: Sir David Thompson 11. The human side of operational leadership - the missing link: Lucy Bottomley 12. Leading victim support: Steve Maloney 13. The organisational and cultural challenges of leading a police force: Pippa Mills, Clare Simkin and Sarah Charman 14. Leadership - the psychology of influence and persuasion: Jason Roach and Ken Pease 15. Leading without authority - the power of the pen and the voice: Andy Cooke
