Upstream-Downstream: Familiar?

One of the interesting fables I used I used in teaching leadership over the years was “Upstream-Downstream,” by Don Ardell (1975). … More

Little Rays of Hope

Last week, I wrote about Chief Chris Burbank who heads up the Salt Lake City Police Department. I described him … More

I have never met the guy but it seems like we came out of the same school of policing. Here’s … More

[Sometimes it helps to look back and try and find out why something that seemed so important, so necessary, years … More

Years have passed, but I remember that night. My partner and I had spotted a stolen car one dark night on … More

Sabine Lobitz and I wrote the following article for our nation’s police leaders in the late 1980s to draw attention to … More

Last night, the Madison Board of Police and Fire Commissioners began their process of selecting a new chief of police … More

One of the most important of public decisions any elected or appointed official will ever make will be this one. … More

Note: The following article comes from a talk I gave in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1993 when I … More

Last month I was invited to come to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirites to talk about my book, … More