49). That goes for leaders in the learning community as well. Thessin asserts that while it is important to teach students to solve problems, there is a lack of focus on another important, related goal: "the need for teachers to learn to do the same" (49). Teachers are leaders and they must be given the training to develop problem solving skills along with the other important skills mentioned in

Therefore, it is important that leaders be sufficiently mature and psychologically evolved to avoid the common psychological impediments to learning from others (Fitch, 2010). More specifically, effective leaders are capable of empowering others (Maxwell, 2007) and of allowing others to contribute to their knowledge base without feeling challenged by the isolated reversal of their leader-follower relationship where circumstances (such as technical expertise) make that advisable for the benefit of

Leadership Skills for Criminal Justice Professionals Leadership is vitally important in any field, whether it is in the public or private sector; but leadership is especially important for professionals in the criminal justice field since the welfare and safety of the public is at stake. And when ethical values are not adhered to in the criminal justice system it creates a gap in quality service for citizens, and moreover a lack

That is what I am looking for in terms of career progression. In addition to all these leadership aspects, the challenge of staying patient in the midst of corporate cultures that over time have learned to be myopically focused and often slow-moving, resistant to change. The greatest long-term challenger of any leader is in initiating and sustaining long-term change in their organizational cultures (McGuire, Rhodes, Palus, 3). Realizing that if and

Leadership Skills for the Criminal Justice Professional Criminal justice professionals need leadership skills. If they are not seen to be leaders, their jobs are made more difficult because it is harder to get criminals to obey them when they give orders or need to secure and get control of a situation (Nordin, Pauleen, & Gorman, 2009). They also need to be able to work with other officers and show skills that

Leadership Skill - Planning Planning as a Leadership Skill There are many leadership skills that are important, and one of the most significant is planning. Additionally, there are many different models for planning. The one chosen here is vision-based or goal-based. This is a good type of planning for an individual or a company that has not done much strategic planning previously, because it allows that company (or individual) to do something