Jump Start your jail's leadership development
What skills, knowledge and abilities do individuals need to possess to be an effective jail leader?
Leadership development remains a priority for the profession. Members of the Baby Boomer generation are retiring each day, and specific initiatives to prepare the next leaders lag behind the needs.
Leadership development doesn’t happen in the boss’s office or in a closed conference room. The initiative needs to have vision, be shared, and enlist supporters through the community. Jail leadership is a public safety issue. To be successful, the initiative must have transparency and inclusion.
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What's Here?
This toolkit is intended to provide the foundational information needed by jails to jump start or refine leadership development programs. Providing foundational ideas means that jail leaders will need to invest time in their exploration of ideas presented here.
This toolkit includes:
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The competencies define the specific skills, knowledge and abilities needed by jail leaders. Articles, published in American Jails, expand on each of the competencies and provide information to use to activate a leadership program, including resources and a suggested leadership library. For a personal leadership development assessment, a checklist is provided for a self-rating. Using this information can inform the reader’s own leadership needs and plot the journey.
Who can use this toolkit?
Benefits to those using this toolkit include, but are not limited to:
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