3.5.3.Speaking: Rules for young leaders

Read the following rules for young leaders, as suggested by senior law enforcement officer Sergeant Jarrett Morris, and choose the 3 you consider to be the most relevant. Explain why:

1. Be a humble leader.
2. Remember you don’t know everything. Lean on your officers, the subject matter experts, and ask them smart questions.
3. Listen when your officers are talking to you. Put down your cell phone and the emails can wait.
4. Treat them and all people with respect. Take care of your people and they will in fact take care of you.
5. Take ownership of failures and mistakes made by the team. You are ultimately responsible for everything your subordinate officers do.
6. Pass the credit the team receives down the chain of command.
7. As a leader work hard. You should be working harder than anyone on your team. You can even take out the trash, it is not beneath you.
8. As a leader have integrity. Your officers will know when you are lying to them.
9. Extreme actions and opinions are usually not good, be a balanced leader.
10. As a leader, be decisive. If you are required to make a decision, make one.
11. Build relationships. If you are not constantly building relationships and trust with your officers, your officers will be disconnected and unsuccessful.
12. Lead your team to accomplish your designated mission. Just get the job done.