Next  Course:

 Las Vegas, May 10-11, 2008

Start time: 0830

(0830-1700)

Location:  Courtyard Las Vegas South,

5845 Dean Martin Drive, Las Vegas, NV, 89118, (702) 895-7519

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• Little Rock, Arkansas, Summer 2008. Email us for details

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• Long Beach, CA, August 23-24 (Sat./Sun.)

• Course includes one nights stay on the Historic

•  "Queen Mary!"
   

  Assessment Centers - Text and Workshops

Text:
Preparing for Promotion:  A Guide to Public Safety Assessment Centers

If you need to know more about Assessment Centers, and what to expect, you need this book!

Reviews about the text - From Amazon.com   Things you never thought of, February 24, 2006 By  Thomas P. Dundon - See all my reviews    This book has much to offer to a promotional candidate. Much of the material may not apply to your specific employment situation, but there is enough information that applies to all that makes this worth the price. Learning the science behind the assessment center will key you in to presenting the right behavior at the right time.   A good tool for identifying necessary skills for leadership, March 27, 2001 By  C. McKim (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews    I enjoyed the content of this book greatly. The term "assessment center" often has an enigmatic aura and is intimidating to the inexperienced. This book breaks down  the components of an assessment center, defines what personal qualities are evaluated, gives the reasons for such evaluations, and offers suggestions as to how one can develop the evaluated qualities and skills. If you're looking for a way to "beat" the assessment center, look elsewhere - here you will find honest counsel on how to improve your leadership abilities.   One complaint, however, is that there are grammatical and typographical errors to the level of distraction. There were so many, in fact, that the book's credibility came into question for me.   Authors note: Note: This comment was from our "First" edition, which, unfortunately, was NOT edited correctly, and we've changed publishers since. Although we acknowledge the criticism.... this reference was to our first edition, which unfortunately, was not edited properly. For that I apologize.   Fortunately, our current edition was edited more thoroughly. I'm sure our next edition will be more  "technically" correct, but our  emphasis is, and remains, the content. Rick Michelson 6/07    Must Have If You Are Serious About Getting Promoted, February 26, 2001 Reviewer: A reader I can't believe that no one has spoken about this book yet. If you wanting to know about assessment centers, than this one is for you. I have purchased several books in this field and this one is the best. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another addition.

Supervisory and Management Skill Development  Workshops:

• Succession Planning for Public Safety organizations: Law Enforcement, Federal, State and Local Public Safety agencies

• Police officers,  Investigators, Detectives, Sheriff's Deputies, Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains, Commanders!

• State Police, Highway Patrol and Departments of Public Safety

• Firefighters, Engineers, EMS, Para-Medics, Fire Captains, Battalion Chief's, Division Chiefs, Training Units

• Corrections, Detentions and Courts

By using assessment center methods, we help you identify key job dimensions in public safety leadership positions through situational exercises, feedback and development.

These include:

• In-Basket

• Subordinate Counseling Session

• Leaderless Group - Meeting Management

• Written projects - Analytical Reports

• Situational Judgment Tests (SJT's)

• Video Assessments

• Oral presentation; Training, briefings, staff meetings, community groups, etc.

• Oral Panel Interviews

• Accomplishment Surveys

Our workshops are designed to help you focus on skill building and development to prepare for the JOB, ... not just the tests!

• Take our on-line survey on leadership development for a needs assessment! (Password is "assess" )                       
• Police Chief Article (On Succession Planning)
• Supervisory Skills Inventory Test (On-Line)  (Measuring your supervisory skill levels in an on-line format! Complete with helpful feedback and coaching.
• NEW BOOK - for those just entering the Public Safety field - HOW TO GET HIRED IN PUBLIC SAFETY!
• Need help with a RESUME!? Click here for a free "template" we hope will help you!