Have you ever witnessed a co-worker escalate a situation because they responded too quickly with heightened emotions? It happens every day in public service. The more you learn to control…
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3 Ways Emotional Response Training Improves Officer Wellness
In Internal Affairs, we get asked questions we can’t answer. We remember the steak we ate last week, but can’t recall details of yesterday’s escalated incident… how is that possible?
How Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes
Learning to de-escalate negative emotions in the moment take practice. Like an athlete at the free-throw line (in Basketball), take a breath, give yourself…
Take back your time to Improve Mental Wellness
It’s time that ‘YOU’ own your time at work to help improve yourself, and your agency. What this means is not wasting it listening to toxic behavior from co-workers.
Improving Police Accountability with Culture Training and Tools
Since the 2020 George Floyd incident, there has been much discussion regarding Police accountability culture. It’s a delicate balance to reduce misconduct, while improving agency culture and officer wellness. New…
Emotional Wellness Prevents Angry Block-out
Block-out Syndrome is when all Emotional Intelligence leaves you brain, you can’t think clearly to make good decisions, and you commit some form of misconduct… (more often than not, excessive use of force). It is the career-ending moment that you cannot take back.
Ignored PTSD and Career Trauma leads to Officer Misconduct
Mental stress of the job can bring anyone to their knees. You glass goes from mostly full, to half-empty, and for some… glass EMPTY. Thoughts of, “I’m not okay creep in,” yet you don’t know why, and you don’t know how to get help.
3 Emotional Misconduct Lessons to Apply the Law of Attraction
The old saying holds true, “People don’t leave a department, they leave because of the people in the department.”
How Peer Support improves Officer Emotional Intelligence and Wellbeing
This typical response of ‘living the dream’ can be heard by workers inside all public service agencies (Law enforcement, Fire, corrections, 911 operators, Sworn, nonsworn, and civilian staff).
Lack of Emotional Intelligence can trigger misconduct in Public Service
“What Were they Thinking?”
Chances are they were NOT thinking. When a person has low Emotional Intelligence, they tend to acted without adding the proper emotions (EI) into the equation, which helps make better decisions.
RITE 2-Day Train-the-Trainer @University of Texas Jun 7-8, 2023 @Austin, TX
This is by Invitation ONLY, a 2-Day Trainer’s Class @University of Texas – Austin, TX REGISTRATION: 2 Sessions are available to register for with a cap of 30. See information…
RITE 2-Day Train-the-Trainer @University of Texas Jun 5-6, 2023 @Austin, TX
This is by Invitation ONLY, a 2-Day Trainer’s Class @University of Texas – Austin, TX REGISTRATION: 2 Sessions are available to register for with a cap of 30. See information…
RITE Professional Workplace Leadership Training @UT Austin, TX
PRIVATE Leaders Class
How Emotional Anger and Rage lead to Rogue Police Calls
In public service, when you escalate a situation with Emotional Rage onto a community member, a co-worker, or a person on a traffic stop, and you apply un-necessary excessive force… Game over!
Duty to Report Misconduct in Public Service
Public servants know who within their ranks are the unprofessional and often toxic employees. The oath to serve also means a ‘Duty-to-Report’ Misconduct.
5 Leadership Tips to Build a Culture of Respect
A culture of respect is when an agency uses effective methods for responding to episodes of disrespectful behavior while initiating the cultural changes needed to prevent such episodes from occurring.
Professional Workplace for Civilians @ U of Iowa Police – DEC 2022 (Iowa)
This Private half-day class on December 13 is for Civilians of the University of Iowa Police Police Department Racial Equity Expands Fairness and Justice to All RITE classes are nationally…
Mentorship vs Misconduct – Balancing the Scales of Conduct for Public Service
Life is a constant act of finding balance. And depending on what stage of life your career is in, life will throw you curves that test you. The question is when you do get tested… do you seek out a mentor or do you create misconduct?
Professional Workplace for LEADERS @Albany Police Dept. – SEP 2022 (Oregon)
Albany Leaders Class – Private