Supervising Police Personnel: Strengths-Based Leadership, 8th edition

For courses in Police Supervision.

Using an interactive, three-part structure, Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities covers all the latest supervisory concepts and practices—and emphasizes character, values and strengths-based leadership throughout. Organized around 15 core responsibilities, it tackles issues such as ethics, communications, training, evaluations, empowerment and problem-oriented policing— uniquely combining the human factor with the performance edge. The new edition is broken into six leadership strengths: Character, Clarity, Empowerment, Well-Being, Self-Control, and Teamwork. Along with this new design come two entirely new chapters: Happiness and Willpower. All of the chapters have been updated with new trends, facts, and exercises.

Hallmark Features

An introduction to several founding fathers:

• Martin Seligman, PhD–founder of the school of positive psychology
• Donald O. Clifton, PhD–who started the leadership strengths movement
• Daniel Goleman, PhD–who discovered our emotional intelligence and its influence on leadership
• Ed Diener, PhD–who is the leading scientist on psychological wealth and happiness

Application exercises–appear in each chapter.

• Includes 3-4 structured exercises in each chapter to enhance learning and challenge the reader to think beyond the text.

The new edition is broken into six leadership strengths:

• Character,
• Clarity,
• Empowerment,
• Well-Being,
• Self-Control, and
• Teamwork.

Along with this new design come two entirely new chapters: Happiness and Willpower.

• All of the chapters have been updated with new trends, facts, and exercises.  

New! Check-Up: Consists of ten questions at the end of the chapter that will test students' knowledge on the key points covered.