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Developing key leadership skills OFFICERS and staff will be given the opportunity to develop key leadership skills. Following the success of the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) session held at Sedgley Park last September, the Organisational Learning and Workforce Development Branch are planning to hold further development seminars for all officers and staff. The initial development session was led by Major Russell Lewis of the Parachute Regiment and he spoke about the leadership challenges he faced both on and off the battlefield. Insp Daniel Inglis from the Change Branch attended this session. He said: “I thought that there were some powerful messages and I took away some really useful lessons. “One important point was that when people are looking around not sure what to do that is when they are looking around for a leader. So demonstrate it and lead.” With three ‘sell out’ sessions, one of the key issues fed back from attendees was around timing. Some felt that it would be useful having access to these type of sessions out of office hours in the future. Ch Insp Tony Hughes who has overall responsibility of the
STARS from the TV hit programme ‘Scott and Bailey’ spent the day at Force Headquarters last month where they were filming scenes for the latest series. They shot three scenes in the Force’s media suite and at North Manchester Division’s Headquarters at Central Park. Pictured are Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins, Gabrielle Reidy who plays ACC Karen Zalinski and Pippa Heywood who plays Detective Chief Inspector Julie Dodson.
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Detective Chief Inspector Tony Hughes (right) with Major Russell Lewis (left)
development said: “We are now working on how to accommodate this in future sessions. The CPD sessions will seek to develop the leadership skills that will benefit all members of the workforce. “The branch will look to provide officers and staff with softer leadership skills such as emotional
intelligence, psychology of change and motivational theories. “We will also aim to provide an insight and awareness into why people react in a certain way whilst also providing skills for negotiating and influencing during such times.” The seminars will be advertised on the Force Intranet.