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Articlesby Mark G. StainbrookMay 1, 2006

Team Leadership

"The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses." - Philip Caldwell

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Articlesby Mark G. StainbrookApril 1, 2006

On Leading Cops and Two-Year-Olds

Most of us are leaders in some facet of our lives. Any police officer who doesn't think of himself or herself as a leader is just plain wrong. I doubt that a cop who is also a parent could argue being a parent isn't about leadership, because it most certainly is.

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Articlesby Mark G. StainbrookFebruary 1, 2006

To Lead and Serve

"The Leader must himself believe that willing obedience beats forced obedience, and that he can get this only by really knowing what should be done." - Xenophon, 360 BC

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Articlesby Mark G. StainbrookDecember 1, 2004

"Why, Oh Why?"

As leaders we dread the word. You make a decision, you issue an order, you write a policy, and then someone inevitably approaches you with that one-word question.

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Articlesby Mark G. StainbrookAugust 1, 2004

The "R" Word

I was trained under the rule that as a leader I take responsibility for not only my own actions, but for those of my subordinates.

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Articlesby Cole Morris and Randall ReschFebruary 1, 1996

News Briefs

The 17 states with favorable right-to­-Carry gun laws had a 20.7 percent total lower violent crime rate than the other states. A new group has been formed to address the needs of police super­visors, from the rank of sergeant through chief. Police officers north of the border have their hands full as the Hells Angels of Quebec engage in a bloody year-long struggle.

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