As Sir John did, Commissioned Officers need to be capable of challenging poor behaviour or practice. They need to be resilient when dealing with pressures from subordinates, peers and supervisors of their position. Arbinger (2002) highlights the importance of leaders being able to acknowledge staff as people and not just objects and the importance for leaders to recognise that when things don’t go right it’s not always another’s fault. A lesson that could have been learnt by the ‘All Blacks’ hierarchy, but clearly something that Sir John recognised and led to his challenge of that culture.
As his career continued so did his reputation for being a man who didn’t shy away from a challenge which included those processes he believed were not working whether it was in training or on the field, he would highlight them and offer an alternative solution that could result in a positive change. Far from being rebuked for this he was recognised as a man who could be relied upon to give honest, constructive feedback even when others would find it too uncomfortable to do so. His honesty and consistency allows us to draw parallels with the police core value of integrity. …show more content…
Dunbier, (2015) when addressing an Inspectors Qualifying Course discussed integrity and when remarking on his own experience said, “The right thing to do is not always the easiest thing to do, so challenge processes, challenge behaviours which are contrary to our core values, values which should be modelled by everyone”. Morrison, (2014) used the media to address the officers of the Australian army and to highlight unacceptable behaviour, saying, “the behaviour you walk past is the behaviour you accept” and this is just as applicable to New Zealand Police Commissioned
As his career continued so did his reputation for being a man who didn’t shy away from a challenge which included those processes he believed were not working whether it was in training or on the field, he would highlight them and offer an alternative solution that could result in a positive change. Far from being rebuked for this he was recognised as a man who could be relied upon to give honest, constructive feedback even when others would find it too uncomfortable to do so. His honesty and consistency allows us to draw parallels with the police core value of integrity. …show more content…
Dunbier, (2015) when addressing an Inspectors Qualifying Course discussed integrity and when remarking on his own experience said, “The right thing to do is not always the easiest thing to do, so challenge processes, challenge behaviours which are contrary to our core values, values which should be modelled by everyone”. Morrison, (2014) used the media to address the officers of the Australian army and to highlight unacceptable behaviour, saying, “the behaviour you walk past is the behaviour you accept” and this is just as applicable to New Zealand Police Commissioned