Blue Sheepdog

The following is a training announcement that was sent to me. I am passing it along to everyone, as some of you may be interested.

The FBI-LEEDA Command Institute© is a dynamic, intensive and
challenging five day program specifically and uniquely designed to
prepare law enforcement leaders for command level positions.

The Command Institute© focuses on key areas to help ensure that those
aspiring to command level assignments will be successful. Instructional
staff includes command level law enforcement and government leaders with
extensive leadership experience who have a passion for teaching.
Attendees will be engaged in such topics as political savvy, leading
change, risk management, organizational culture, mastery of self,
organizational communication, tracking and measuring successes, and
establishing a leadership legacy. Students will also learn techniques on
how to prepare and test for command positions, as well as what to do
once a command assignment is achieved.

The FBI-LEEDA Command Institute is a dynamic, intensive and challenging
five day program specifically and uniquely designed to prepare law
enforcement leaders for command level positions.

The Command Institute focus is to provide real life contemporary and
futuristic strategies and techniques for those aspiring to command level
assignments. Command Institute faculty includes executive level law
enforcement experts with extensive leadership experience who are
passionate instructors.

Command Institute students will be engaged in such topics as preparing
and testing for command, leading a new command, leading change,
organizational culture, surviving and succeeding as a police executive,
audits and controls, vicarious liability and establishing a leadership
legacy. The Command Institute is student centered with a high degree of
student involvement.

Listed below are currently available courses and links to more detailed
information, including how to register:

Spokane Valley, WA - October 22 - 26, 2007

Rio Rancho, NM - November 5 - 9, 2007

Bergen County, NJ - December 3 - 7, 2007

Charlestown, RI - January 28 - February 1, 2008

Arlington, TX - February 25 - 29, 2008

Titusville, FL - April 14 - 18, 2008

Pewaukee, WI - April 28 - May 2, 2008

The registration fee for the Command Institute is $650. You can register
on-line, download a registration form or contact the FBI - LEEDA office
for a registration form. For further information concerning the Command
Institute, hotel accommodations, or registration, please contact Tom
Stone at 1-877-772-7712.