Qualities of a true leader

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True leaders are hard to come by, especially when they are selected based on political favor. But, when that leader is selected through the political process they have an opportunity for positive growth. Just like public speaking, the following leadership qualities can be learned especially when given eight years to do so.

A leader needs to be resilient. There’s so much change afoot in the workplace today and when change occurs, individuals who have resilience generally are also resourceful and agile. They have the ability to take on change and adapt to what’s happening around them and to them as the workplace changes. Individuals who have resilience/grit are able to take good risks and are open to change.

Being transparent is the most important trait of an effective leader. Especially when it comes to working with millennials and the younger workforce, it is important for them to understand the big picture. That is, you shouldn’t just ask (or tell) them to do something without explaining how this task or function integrates within the larger business initiative. When they are able to see the connection, they often feel much more empowered and motivated to do a better job.

Good leaders improve their emotional intelligence by making a concerted effort to understand the reasons behind an employee’s behavior. It could be a lack of trust, a bad past experience or a fear behind a bad decision. When you understand this, it’s easier to react with dignity to any type of situation. Simply firing people is not the answer.

Engagement is the secret sauce to attractive law enforcement agencies. With engagement you gain huge amounts of discretionary work effort which goes well above and beyond what is merely required for any given role. Like it or not, the Sheriff is the Cultural icon of the agency and passion for the job, passion for the brotherhood, passion for the goals, passion for the successes and passion for the inevitable twist and turns is the key to widespread engagement. And the opposite is even more true – the lack of passion leads to tragic disengagement.

Empathy not only allows great leaders to understand their employees and their community better, but it also is known to enhance pro-social (aka helping) behaviors. Because of this, empathy enables leaders to address issues faster and with more precision, and it makes them more flexible to respond to an ever-changing working environment.

A leader should empower their subordinates by delegating tasks appropriately, providing proper guidance and limits, and supporting the decisions of the subordinates. When the subordinate leaders are empowered, their intelligence and talents can be unleashed to help the organization grow. When they are stifled, only the minimum gets accomplished because few are motivated to help an organization that is overbearing.

The ability to not be closed off to new ideas or challenges to established norms is what sets apart an open-minded leader. A person who can look at the best lessons of the past and current while being open to the ideas of the future has the best opportunity to create success in themselves, their organization and employees. Being able to change with the times, flexible when needed and decisive when required are rare qualities of current leadership.

Patience is a defining characteristic of great leaders. Patiently wait for the right opportunity and don’t swing at every pitch. More so, understanding that success doesn’t happen overnight, and obsessing over the process- not the result- will cultivate a culture of patience and ensure long-term success.

No task is beneath you (even menial tasks). Just because you are a high up executive does not mean that you are above taking a call, or doing a security check in a housing unit. Take the initiative to do small tasks around the office– lead by example. You may just get more votes too!

A great leader has to be able to say, I’m sorry. If you want your organization to be constantly innovating and improving, your team members must be reflective and self-aware. You need them to know when they’ve made mistakes and correct them so they can get better. This is only a realistic expectation if the leader of the organization is willing to do the same thing. A good leader will say, I made a mistake, I’m sorry, and here’s what I’m doing to get better. If the leader can do this, it will set the right tone for the rest of the organization.

The ability to lead through influence, rather than authority, is the most important quality of a great leader. Influence requires strong coaching, emotional intelligence, effective communication, negotiation and consensus building skills. Leaders who employ these skills to influence office members and citizens produce greater employee and community engagement, increased collaboration and innovation, and ultimately drive greater excellence for the organization they lead compared to those who attempt to use their position and authority to demand it.

Great leaders are able to help their team members understand the big picture so they can connect their success back to the success of the agency. The vision should be big enough to inspire and broad enough to be inclusive. Doing so allows everyone in the agency to understand the importance of the role they play in bringing that vision to reality.

Integrity matters in three ways: leaders with great integrity foster critical trust amongst colleagues and direct deports, and demonstrate a commitment to moral and ethical behaviors. Leaders who do NOT value integrity will not gain the trust and buy-in of their teams and colleagues, which will negatively impact engagement and performance. And leading with integrity doesn’t mean never making mistakes, but recognizing and owning them, which leads to continual self-development, and demonstrates humility to others.

What separates great leaders from the rest of the crowd is their ability to see the bigger picture instead of becoming lost in the details. The best leaders understand how each member of their team works to contribute to the overall goals of their agency, and ensures that everybody understands which tasks they’re responsible for. By keeping the end objective in sight, they can push their agency towards their long-term goals, rather than becoming stuck at the short-term goals.

For great leaders, the secret to success is attentive listening to the people your work with. Great leaders listen and respond to employee suggestions for continuous improvement and use those ideas to solidify the agency. They also openly listen and respond to messages coming from other metrics like employee turnover, as well as do proactive listening through organizational surveys and a liberal open door policy.

The ability to praise is one of the most underrated leadership qualities out there. Recognition and appreciation serve to not only motivate and boost employee morale but also make employees continue to strive to impress you. It creates a mutual respect; I work for them just as much as they work for me. And I'm not talking about quarterly awards, which is just a photo op for your PIO team. I'm talking one on one conversation.

These are the qualities YOU deserve from all of your leadership. Ask yourself, how many in your command staff have even one of these qualities? Please, in your comments, be professional and don't call out individuals out by name unless it's positive.

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R u smoking crack,this is 1 of the bigest corupt agencys in charlotte countys history,even im think of runing because bill prummell reign of teror must end,he needs 2 b in prison 4 his crimes.
I wil stop policeing 4 profit,i will stop the war on drugs,i will let you grow youre own pot.
R founding fathers didnt fight 4 this police state they fought against it

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this is what cop watch would run on as a write in candidate

Platform Highlights
a. No Victim = No Crime!
b. Will eliminate “policing for profit”.
c. Will discontinue the issuance of nuisance traffic citations and eliminate the current practice of “quotas” for tickets
d. Will eliminate numerous categories of arrests over minor infractions.
e. Will focus the department’s resources on actually solving violent crime instead of revenue generation.
f. Will END all marijuana enforcement and paraphernalia offenses.
g. Will reduce Sheriff’s Budget by at least 10% the first year and by 5% each subsequent year.
h. Will increase the number of crimes solved from the current 20% to at least 35% the first year.
i. Will reduce the crime rate by at least 10% the first year in office and more each year thereafter.
j. Will terminate all employees receiving a double dip paycheck at taxpayer’s expense.
k. Will terminate the 50 deputies with the highest number of citizen complaints and will review deputies with the top 100 number of complaints.l. Will reopen the investigation into the murder of Laboriel Felton and all other police killings.
m. Will introduce new forms of community involved policing.
n. Will immediately implement a car camera and bodycam program.
o. Will open all charlotte county sheriff records to the public by eliminating Sheriff
bill prummell illegal “transparency tax”.
p.if you break the law you will be prosecuted
q. Will demilitarize the charlotte county sheriff agency and immediately implement de-escalation training for all patrol deputies.
r. Will post online all substantiated complaints against deputies.
s. Will prohibit any deputy caught lying or falsifying reports from testifying in ANY case and move to terminate those deputies on a case by case basis.
t. Will set up an internal review to reexamine any cases where a deputy has been known to lie or falsify reports to determine if their testimony falsely convicted any innocent people.
u. Will reduce officer involved shootings
v. Will end the wide scale violation of people’s Constitutional rights by the charlotte county sheriff
x.will end the outrages and un sustainable pay,benefits amd retirement.the job wasnt meant to unreastically profitable,it was suposed to be a honor,not a money making scheme

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this is what cop watch would run on as a write in candidate

Platform Highlights
a. No Victim = No Crime!
b. Will eliminate “policing for profit”.
c. Will discontinue the issuance of nuisance traffic citations and eliminate the current practice of “quotas” for tickets
d. Will eliminate numerous categories of arrests over minor infractions.
e. Will focus the department’s resources on actually solving violent crime instead of revenue generation.
f. Will END all marijuana enforcement and paraphernalia offenses.
g. Will reduce Sheriff’s Budget by at least 10% the first year and by 5% each subsequent year.
h. Will increase the number of crimes solved from the current 20% to at least 35% the first year.
i. Will reduce the crime rate by at least 10% the first year in office and more each year thereafter.
j. Will terminate all employees receiving a double dip paycheck at taxpayer’s expense.
k. Will terminate the 50 deputies with the highest number of citizen complaints and will review deputies with the top 100 number of complaints.l. Will reopen the investigation into the murder of Laboriel Felton and all other police killings.
m. Will introduce new forms of community involved policing.
n. Will immediately implement a car camera and bodycam program.
o. Will open all charlotte county sheriff records to the public by eliminating Sheriff
bill prummell illegal “transparency tax”.
p.if you break the law you will be prosecuted
q. Will demilitarize the charlotte county sheriff agency and immediately implement de-escalation training for all patrol deputies.
r. Will post online all substantiated complaints against deputies.
s. Will prohibit any deputy caught lying or falsifying reports from testifying in ANY case and move to terminate those deputies on a case by case basis.
t. Will set up an internal review to reexamine any cases where a deputy has been known to lie or falsify reports to determine if their testimony falsely convicted any innocent people.
u. Will reduce officer involved shootings
v. Will end the wide scale violation of people’s Constitutional rights by the charlotte county sheriff
x.will end the outrages and un sustainable pay,benefits amd retirement.the job wasnt meant to unreastically profitable,it was suposed to be a honor,not a money making scheme

here are the number of NORMAL PEOPLE who vote for copwatch: ZERO

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They r the ones that dont no what freedom is,there socialist fascist that want the un constituional police state to make sure they keep getting there free health care ,witch isnt free,there stealing from the serfs that r stil working..and as long as they get there retirement ,witch isnt free,there stealing from the serfs that r stil working

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So u r teling me that if i go 2 the debate and bring up all these points and alllllllllllllllll the sheriffs coruption i woodnt get 1 vote.we r working on recall as we speak because of all his crimes u ****ing criminal

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First of all Andy, you probably wouldn't pass a psychological exam or polygraph. I am fairly certain you also couldn't get a LEO certificate issued from CJSTC either (would require attendance at an academy and comprehension of the English language, most definitely in written form). You need to get back on your medication. When you're off of it, you're off the chain. Stick to brooms and mops.

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dont need 2 b a cop 2 get elected asssssssssssssssss hole,u r showing youre low iq again,u just dont like youre corruption being exposed youre tyranny on the people being exposed and that i wood run on freedom,u wood run on tyranny as usual

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Andy, any elected Sheriff that is not certified would need to be able to get certified after being elected. And if you're speaking IQ, only those with limited IQ resort to name calling. But anyone that tries reading your posts already knows what your IQ level is. Again, please get back on your medication, you desperately need it.

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U dont want a sheriff runing on freedom and exposeing charlotte county sheriff bill prummell un godly amount of coruption stupid,u r part of the problem because u r not busting the coruption i am dip shit