Becoming the leader you were born to be relies on your ability to master five leadership principles: character, competence, compassion, courage, and commitment.
o Character: refine your moral qualities.
o Competence: develop skills and knowledge.
o Compassion: practice empathy.
o Courage: stand up for what you believe in.
o Commitment: dedicate yourself to continuous learning.
It has taken me more than thirty years to finally have the courage to stand up and tell the story of how I achieved the top rung of the leadership ladder in law enforcement-how I became a top cop.
I have distilled my journey down to pivotal moments that have left a lasting impression on who I am as a leader and where I stand today.
If my journey inspires one person to become more intentional in the pursuit of their dreams, then I have achieved my goal of paying it forward.
About the Author Rosanne Richeal, founder of the Richeal Group, is an author, podcast host of Resurgent U-Today's the Day, a certified speaker, trainer, and leadership coach with the John Maxwell Team, and a certified advanced relationship coach in strategic intervention.
Her focus is developing confident and competent leaders by using a myriad of best-knowledge coaching and strategic intervention techniques to maximize the leadership strengths in her clients.
Her passion to personally grow as a leader and pay forward the strategies she learned and developed along the way has been based on her own experiences navigating the complexities of climbing the career ladder.
As a leadership and personal-growth coach, she discusses pivotal moments and critical decisions that led her to becoming a revered leader.
Serving more than three decades as a public safety professional, in both the emergency medical services (EMS) and law enforcement, she ascended the ranks to reach the proverbial glass ceiling as both a sheriff's chief deputy and municipal chief of police.
In this memoir, she speaks to some of the crucial decisions that challenge.