The Job Changed Overnight — Did Your Leadership?
The profession changed overnight. Most leadership models never adjusted to match — mine included, at first. Issue 1 of Leadership Under Pressure, on what it takes to lead people through rapid, external change.
What Would you do if you were in my shoes?
Why does a Chief of Police still lace up 'shiny shoes' every morning? A lesson in thinking one level up — and what it really takes to lead before you have the title.
Telling Your Story as a Leader: Lessons from Gettysburg and Modern Policing
What does a Civil War general at Gettysburg have to do with modern policing? A lesson in why leaders have an obligation to tell their own story — before someone else tells it for them.
Why I wear One Star
Why does a police chief wear only one star when others wear four or five? For me, the answer has nothing to do with tradition — and everything to do with how I believe leadership should work.