You must read this as the message is an all to common one in our professions. Also take a look at this one on the related topic…Negative Attitudes Destroy Them with True Leadership...and Mutual Trust

Fred

Last month I wrote a column called Put ego aside, forget your career, and be a leader. In it I recounted the story of a sergeant and his lieutenant, who by all accounts was a toxic supervisor. I received dozens of e-mails from officers lamenting that they, too, were saddled with dysfunctional leadership. Not exactly a surprise since complaining and commiserating are among the things we cops do best. In addition to the e-mails, the comments that accumulated beneath the column included similar stories of woe. However, I recently received an email that particularly struck me. The young officer who wrote it did so after only the first day of the Street Survival Seminar.

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