Required Textbook: Sinek, S. (2011). Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. New York: Penguin Group.
Overview
This course is a summary of the book, “Start with Why, How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”, by Simon Sinek. The course is designed to utilize insights provided within the book to give students information that will assist them in effectively leading their employees and agencies. Although the book may come across as a book for those in sales and marketing, the reality is that law enforcement is like running a business where we serve and protect. Understanding the ‘why’, will enable us as leaders to create an atmosphere for being proactive in everything we do.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Understand the importance of focusing on the Why versus the What and the How to lead more effectively.
- Clearly understand the differences between Manipulation and Inspiration and how they affect leadership outcomes.
- Understand why starting with Why leads to creative leadership and proactive decision-making.
Instructor: Sheriff Van Duncan has been a career law enforcement officer since graduation from Western Carolina University with a degree in Criminal Justice in 1986. He has served in the role of Patrol Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant and Detective as well as serving as the Chief of Company Police for Biltmore Estate House and Gardens. Sheriff Duncan is a graduate of the Administrative Officers Management Program that is delivered by North Carolina State University, and he is a certified North Carolina General Instructor as well as a Certified Problem Based Learning Instructor. Van also has an extensive instructional background in firearms training and response team tactics. He served as assistant team leader for the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team for six years. In 2004, he went to work for the North Carolina Justice Academy as an Instructor/Coordinator in the Management/Supervision section. It was there he had the opportunity to teach First Line Supervision and create a course in leadership development for the law enforcement supervisor. Sheriff Duncan believes it was this experience that enabled him to understand the commonalities and challenges in law enforcement agencies across the state as well as understand the similarities between law enforcement leadership and corporate leadership. In 2006, Van was elected Sheriff in Buncombe County and is in his second term in office. During the past 8 years, the Sheriff’s Office has established its own Law Enforcement Leadership Academy in partnership with Asheville-Buncombe Technical College. Community Based Problem Solving teams have been established within the Sheriff’s Office that partner with specific communities to identify problems and work toward collaborative solutions. The Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Buncombe County Schools, has developed an On Track Leadership program for at-risk youth. This program identifies 50 kids each summer which go through a two-week leadership development, character building and decision making program.
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