Leadership Development

Leadership Development Resources and Recommending Reading

Regional Training currently oversees and provides leadership training both on-site and regionally, to various levels of public safety leaders. Specifically, the 80-hour Supervisory Leadership Academy (SLA) designed for front-line supervisors; the 80-hour Organizational Leadership and Management Academy (OLM) geared toward mid-level managers; and the 160-hour IPSLEI Leadership Development Program available to all public safety professionals dedicated to improving their leadership skills.

Leadership Academies Curriculum Overview

SLA Assignment List

OLMA Assignment List

Regional Leadership Training

(For the full Regional Training schedule, visit DPSST Regional Training)

Contact

Jim DeSully, Regional Training Manager

What We Are Reading

In the DPSST leadership classrooms a number of current book titles are shared and discussed. We’ve included a short list of material that is frequently referenced in our lessons.

We encourage you to check out our list and start preparing for your own leadership journey.

If have titles in mind that would be of interest to our students, please let us know.

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink & Leif Babin, 2015

Upstream

Dan Heath, 2020

Outward Mindset, 2nd Edition

Arbinger Institute, 2019

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

Jennifer Eberhardt, 2019

Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek, 2017

Talking to Strangers

Malcom Gladwell, 2019

The Dog Poop Initiative

Kirk Weisler, 2005