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Leadership Truths

Leadership is a way and a choice. Don’t fall for order-givers, abusers, and coercive persons — they’re not leaders! Leaders … More

Barry Posner, Boise, Jim Kouzes, Mike Masterson, police, The Leadership Challenge, The Truth About Leadership, values

Chief Masterson Returns to Boise

Chief Mike Masterson Returns to Boise as Interim Chief. Here’s his message to new recruits. It contains both VISION and … More

Boise, expectations, Mike Masterson, police, recruits, values, vision

Charlottesville! What Now Should Police Do?

“Commonplace instant, mass, and social media provide an opportunity to highlight and improve the public's view of law enforcement legitimacy. … More

Boise, Charlottesville, crowd, Denver, First Amendment, future, leadership, madison, Madison Method, management, Masterson, planning, police, protest, Schenck v. United States, Skokie

Should Cops Be Physically Fit?

What is the role of health in policing? Should our police be required to be fit not only mentally and morally, … More

Boise, health, Mike Masterson, officer safety, police fitness

The Employee Handbook: What Does It Say About Your Organization?

  Employee manuals are most often the bane of good management. While they hope to support good leadership and properly … More

Boise, employee manuals, handbooks, improvement, Shawn Miller, Valve Company

Boise Gets It

Mike Masterson recently retired after serving a decade as the chief of police in Boise, Idaho. Before going to Boise, … More

Boise, community oriented policing, leadership, Mike Masterson, police

Courage to Work Together?

Courage in policing is sometimes more than going down a dark alley looking for a prowler. Sometimes it has to … More

Boise, collaborate, madison, Masterson, police, Quality Leadership Workbook, union, working together

The Courage to Police with Integrity

Washington, Dc, 1993 Mike Masterson of Boise, Idaho is retiring at the end of this year after a decade as … More

Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, Boise, C.S. Lewis, courage, ethics, Experimental Police District, leadership, madison, Mike Masterson, PERF, police, U.N., Universal Declaration of Human Rights, values

Sowing Seeds

“Improving Police” is the work of David Couper, former chief of police in Madison, Wisconsin for over 20 years. It has always been his dream to see police become major players in assuring fairness and justice in our society.

Boise, Cam McLay, David Kennedy, improvement, John Jay College, leadership, mike koval, Mike Masterson, Mike Scott, Pittsburgh, police, POP Center, seven seeds

Are You Destroying Your Employees?

      You are destroying your employees if you are requiring them to engage with you in “performance evaluation!” … More

Boise, employee growth, growing others, leadership, madison, Mike Masterson, performance evaluation, wisconsin

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