Lead Instructor
Dr. Rich De Paris is an organizational specialist who serves as President of the Center for Effective Leadership, as well as an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of North Carolina.  At present, he is also a member of the graduate faculties at Webster University, University of Phoenix, and Central Michigan University; and prior to relocating to North Carolina, a member of the graduate faculties at the University of La Verne, National University, and the University of Phoenix - San Diego where he was the Department Chair for Organizational Behavior.

Rich holds a Doctorate in Public Administration with Specialization in Organizational Leadership and Management, as well as Master's Degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration.  His academic interests focus upon public sector leadership and organization, particularly in law enforcement agencies.  He has been published in a variety of professional journals, and has presented at many national and international conferences.  Dr. De Paris has consulted with police and governmental agencies nationwide, and is the developer of Situational Leadership for Law Enforcement.

Prior to entering the consulting field full-time, Rich served with the San Diego Police Department for twenty years, where he held a variety of command assignments including Training Director for the Regional Public Safety Training Institute, Director of Long Range Planning, and Director of Field Operations Administration.

Ethics: The Role of the Law Enforcement Leader
Ethics examines the cultural, physical, and psychological influences experienced by police officers in their work lives, and investigates how these influences can manifest themselves in the workplace as ethics problems. In doing so, the seminar focuses upon the development of leadership strategies to deal with both organizational and individual ethics issues, and the means by which the health of the organization can be assured.  Throughout the course, preventing and addressing corruption is highlighted.

Leading the 21st Century Law Enforcement Agency
This seminar investigates the nature of high-performance law enforcement agencies; develops the skills required for effective organizational leadership and strategic thinking; examines the means by which performance-based organizational cultures are developed; and confronts the critical issues associated with change management and continuous improvement.  As such, the course serves as the natural ally of strategic planning by developing the leadership skills required to move the organization toward the attainment of the organizational vision.

Team Leadership for the Progressive Police Agency
Today’s police work relies upon teams more than ever before, yet most the performance of most teams is disappointing. The cause is usually traceable to agency and team systems that interfere with team development and operations. To improve performance, leaders must address these systems problems, develop a team focus, confront and resolve interpersonal issues, empower team members to achieve maximum results, and create new, exceptional ways of working together. Team Leadership faces these issues head-on, providing hard-hitting techniques for police team leaders working in these challenging times.

High Impact Police Leadership
High Impact Police Leadership focuses upon the development of the interpersonal leadership skills required to create and sustain peak performance while developing employees to their full potential. The program examines the role of a leader’s personal values and characteristics; methods for producing a motivating climate of respect and achievement; skills required for effective interpersonal influence; and mechanisms for developing the desired outcomes of leadership—organizational effectiveness through employee commitment, growth, and self-esteem.

High Impact Police Leadership for Training Officers
The Training Officer seminar focuses upon development of the interpersonal leadership skills needed to optimize the training process. The program first builds the framework for effective employee development by focusing upon the workplace applications of adult learning theory, and the manner in which attitudinal and behavioral change occur. Thereafter, the critical relationship between leading and learning is examined, followed by an intense examination of the leadership skills required to develop in trainees the confidence, commitment, & motivation required for learning and success.

Leadership: The Situational Approach for Law Enforcement
The Situational Approach focuses upon the interpersonal applications of leadership in the police environment. It is unique in that it provides a learnable, cause and effect approach to leadership that teaches participants how to quickly diagnose and adapt to the needs of the situation at hand, so as to make followers effective and the agency successful. This seminar is ideal for rapid skill development that is readily transferable to the workplace.

Leadership: The Situational Approach for Training Officers
Using the principles of The Situational Approach, this seminar develops in Training Officers the skills needed to facilitate the learning process; methodically adjust to trainee needs; and develop in trainees the technical skills and psychological state required for success.

Police Community and Volunteer Leadership
Contemporary policing requires that officers be leaders in the community. But most police personnel are not prepared for organizing community members, businesses, government agencies, and social service providers into cohesive groups that can contribute to the crime control effort. This seminar develops the leadership skills required for working with these diverse groups, and provides a practical model for organizing fragmented, uninformed, disinterested communities into focused, results-oriented teams. In addition, participants learn to work with the unique motivations and values of volunteers, and discover how to attract and retain those who serve without compensation.