The essence of winning and losing is in learning how to shape or influence events so that we not only magnify our spirit and strength but also influence potential adversaries as well as the uncommitted so that they are drawn toward our philosophy and are empathetic towards our success.” ~Col. John Boyd

I recently spent two outstanding days with Sergeants and officers of the Baltimore Police department presenting my “Deciding Under Pressure and Fast” workshop. The workshop teaches these leaders how to use the Adaptive Leadership Methodology (ALM) as it applies to law enforcement. This approach is currently spreading among several courses inside the U.S. Army under the new emerging training doctrine called Outcomes Based Training and Education (OBT&E). I must thank my good friend Lieutenant Fred Leland of the Walpole Police Department and Law Enforcement and Security Consulting (LESC.net) for his input on the law enforcement side, and for allowing me to teach a great workshop with him in March 2009 in his neck of the woods outside Boston, MA to numerous law enforcement representatives from throughout the northeast. I am also indebted to Mr. Adam Walinski and Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III for his leadership in giving me this great opportunity to assist department in their evolution to deal with the complexity in law enforcement.

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