Colin Menzies Assistant Chief Constable Grampian Police RGUSIPR
Colin Menzies Assistant Chief Constable Grampian Police RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Key Themes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do we want Police Entrepeneurs? What’s new in Policing? Risk Taking Valued competencies The National Intelligence Model RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
An Adaptive Leadership Continuum • • Command & Control Action-Centred Leadership Transformational leadership Principle/Value Centred Leadership Collaborative/Participative Leadership Team Leadership Servant Leadership Strategic Management of Resources, Processes, Governance & Performance RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
An Adaptive Leadership Continuum • • Command & Control Action-Centred Leadership Transformational leadership Principle/Value Centred Leadership Collaborative/Participative Leadership Team Leadership Servant Leadership Strategic Management of Resources, Processes, Governance & Performance • Entrepreneurial Leadership? RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
The Context of Policing in Scotland • National Intelligence Model & PSP • Crime falling, detections rising, perceptions static? • More Officers than ever but CSR tightening • Increasing Public Expectation • Single Outcome Agreements, Community Planning & the Democratic Deficit ? • Desire for a ‘Sense of Place’ • Need to Deliver Public Value, Moore et al • Role - Patrol, Pursue, Prevent……. . & PROTECT RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
‘Leadership is a choice, not a position’ Dr Stephen Covey (2004) RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
1. Are Police Entrepeneurs wanted – or needed? • Do we recruit entrepreneurial individuals or those who want to serve the community – are they the same? • Do the public expect safety, consistency or risk taking and uncertainty • Performance is improving • Efficiencies can also be squeezed so far • Budgets always come in on schedule? • Staff morale is high • PLODDLEDYGOOK! RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
2. What’s new in Policing – seriously! “Foot patrol in ****town, observed and arrested male (named) for being drunk and incapable. Taken to station and charged. While writing report, summoned to disturbance in Church Street. On arriving, found four youths who quietened on my arrival. All spoken to , details noted and warned. Will follow up with later visits. Return to station to complete report from earlier. ” RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
3. Risk Taking Responsible Agencies -v. Irresponsible Individuals RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
‘A real entrepeneur is someone who has no safety net underneath them’ Henry Kravis RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Risk Taking • • Responsible Agency –v- Irresponsible Individual Understood by Police? Ability to Defend decisions Transparency of Society Threat of Litigation Risk Averseness Valued by those we serve? Valued by the organisation? RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
4. Valued Competencies • • • Respect for Diversity Effective Communication Job Knowledge Leadership Problem Solving Management Ability Partnership Working Service Delivery Personal Awareness Personal Effectiveness Team Working RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Valued Competencies • • • Respect for Diversity Effective Communication Job Knowledge Leadership Problem Solving Management Ability Partnership Working Service Delivery Personal Awareness Personal Effectiveness Team Working RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Problem Solving ‘ Promotes an organisational culture that recognises and values new ideas. Promotes successful initiatives that may depart from conventional thinking’. RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Perceived Success Factors of Effective Police Leaders • • • Vision Two-Way Communication Visibility & Accessibility Transparency of Decision Making Delivery & Performance Management Empathy RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009 Home Office (2001)
The ‘Big Four’ • Honest • Forward Looking • Inspiring • Competent Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2002) RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
5. The National Intelligence Model • • Minimum Standards Efficient Tasking Joint Tasking Reliance on Information Importance of Analysis Levels 1, 2 & 3 Business Process - Assets, sources, intelligence recording, research and analysis, products, strategic tasking and co-ordinating, tactical resolution, operational review – feeds back into assets and sources RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
Who Should Lead Us? The wisest among us, the individual with the greatest knowledge, skill, power and resources of all kinds [Plato] RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
GRAMPIAN POLICE VALUES • • • INTEGRITY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITY IMPARTIALITY RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
GRAMPIAN POLICE GUIDING PRINCIPLES • • CUSTOMER FOCUS PEOPLE EXCELLENCE EMPOWERMENT PROBLEM SOLVING PARTNERSHIPS LEARNING RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
‘Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just sit there’ Will Rogers RGU/SIPR Aberdeen 7 May 2009
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