Overview

Thoroughly revised to reflect significant changes in policing over the past decade, this new edition of Blackstone's Leadership for Sergeants and Inspectors offers an accessible, practical guide to leadership in routine and complex situations across all areas of police work. In policing, the need to demonstrate leadership can arise at any moment: in public order situations, community meetings and among colleagues at work. Enhancing your leadership skills can help ensure that you inspire and motivate others, improving interactions with the wide range of people you will encounter, from members of the public to social services and partner agencies.This book discusses leadership and teamwork skills through a series of questions to consider during your everyday police work. With clear and concise explanations, the author draws on 30 years' experience as a police officer to bring you detailed theory and practice across a range of leadership areas, including ethical professionalism, stress management, equality, diversity and neurodiversity, multi-cultural teams, delegation, coaching, misconduct and discipline. Helpful hints and tips provide context to leadership issues and examples of leadership skills in practice. The book's 32 skills checklists act as a 'tool kit' for the busy police officer needing to deal with events efficiently and effectively.Whether you are just embarking on your police career, have been recently promoted, or simply want to refresh your leadership skills, Leadership for Sergeants and Inspectors will support and assist you, helping you to get the best out of your team, your colleagues, and your encounters with the public.

Full Product Details

Author:   Bryan Boon (Retired police officer and management trainer, Retired police officer and management trainer)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780198972495

ISBN 10:   0198972490
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   05 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order  

Table of Contents

Part One: Leadership - theory and practice 1: Policing in England and Wales and the purpose of this book 2: Exploring the concept of leadership 3: Leadership and team work 4: Valuing, protecting and enhancing public esteem 5: The College of Policing - ethics, leadership standards, competence and values, and decision making 6: Stress management and long Covid-19 considerations 7: Treating people equally 8: Valuing diversity 9: Dealing with unethical behaviours and workplace ineffectiveness sometimes without obvious causes 10: Planning 11: Delegation 12: Problem solving 13: Coaching 14: Leaders as agents of change (change management) 15: Motivation 16: Misconduct and discipline 17: Communications - general discussion 18: Communications - interpersonal skills 19: Positive communications - assertiveness 20: Communications - modes of behaviour and transactional analysis 21: Communications - feedback 22: Communications - briefing skills 23: Communications - debriefing skills 24: Communications - influencing skills 25: Influencing skills - report writing 26: Meeting skills 27: Self-development for the leader and encouraging learning in others Part Two: Leadership - competence checklists (toolkit) Checklist 1 - Leader's leadership skills Checklist 2 - Leader's team skills Checklist 3 - Leader's team audit Checklist 4 - Leader's valuing, protecting and enhancing public esteem Checklist 5 - Leader's code of ethics Checklist 6 - Leadership standards Checklist 7 - Leader's competency and values framework Checklist 8 - Leader's national decision-making model Checklist 9 - Leader's stress and long-Covid considerations Checklist 10 - Leader's dealing with unethical behaviours and workplace ineffectiveness sometimes without obvious causes Checklist 11 - Leader's treating people equally Checklist 12 - Leader's valuing diversity Checklist 13 - Leader's planning Checklist 14 - Leader's planning SMART objectives Checklist 15 - Leader's delegation Checklist 16 - Leader's problem solving Checklist 17 - Leader's problem solving: brainstorming Checklist 18 - Leader's coaching Checklist 19 - Leader's change management Checklist 20 - Leader's motivation skills Checklist 21 - Leader's misconduct and discipline Checklist 22 - Leader's communication skills Checklist 23 - Leader's interpersonal skills Checklist 24 - Leader's assertiveness skills Checklist 25 - Leader's modes of behaviour and transactional analysis Checklist 26 - Leader's communications feedback Checklist 27 - Leader's briefing skills Checklist 28 - Leader's debriefing skills Checklist 29 - Leader's influencing skills Checklist 30 - Leader's report-writing skills Checklist 31 - Leader's meeting skills Checklist 32 - Leader's self-development skills for self and others

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Bryan Boon served for 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Service, starting as a constable and retiring as a superintendent. In his last few years of service, he was in charge of the Management Training and Development Branch at Hendon and, on leaving the police service, he supplied management training to a wide range of non-police organisations. He also worked as Training Officer for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) where he helped management and staff to attain the prestigious Investors in People National Standard award. Since retirement from the police, he has been appointed a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

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