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Our Learning Approach

At IPSLEI we believe that excellent organizations begin with excellent individuals. To that regard we emphasize that all leadership starts with self-leadership and all ethics starts with self-ethics.

To achieve that effort programs must be dynamic, energizing, personalized, and reality based. A cornerstone of IPSLEI is that effective leadership skills and influences are needed at all levels of the organization. One need not be in a supervisory or managerial position to benefit from and contribute to the leadership efforts within self, organization, and community.

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Time and again students have found IPSLEI to be a profound personal professional experience, leading to changes in their focus and approach to the exercise of ethical leadership. IPSLEI represents a lifelong commitment to learning about the exercise of leadership in self, others, organizations, and the communities in which we live and work. IPSLEI is rich in a values-based approach supported by strong academics through which we blend the world of critical thinking with the world of practical application.

 

A significant part of IPSLEI programs is the development and documentation of the students critical thinking processes related to leadership concepts, practices, and self-awareness. To achieve this goal, they must be prepared to take notes while they read, during dialogues, while they watch the video case studies, during or following experiential exercises, and when they learn the results of personal assessments. Next steps involve reflecting on the notes, questioning assumptions, and then articulating insights and drawing some conclusions.

 

“Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to mediate, slowness to assert,

readiness to consider,  carefulness to dispose and set in order, and hatred for every kind of imposture”.

~ Francis Bacon (1605)

Our Core Courses

IPSLEI’s premier four-course program of leadership development includes:

  • Developing a Personal Philosophy of Leadership and Ethics

  • Leading Others Ethically

  • Ethical Leadership in Organizations

  • Ethics and the Challenge of Leadership

 

Recognizing the need to initiate personal leadership at the early stages of one’s career, IPSLEI also offers a development program specifically for implementation in recruit academies or probationary periods.

  • Personal Leadership and Team Building for Public Safety

 

IPSLEI utilizes a dynamic approach of Do-Reflect-Learn in all programs which includes:

  • facilitated dialogue sessions following a Socratic approach.

  • experiential small and large group activities.

  • shared analysis of readings.

  • case studies both historical and case in point.

  • self-assessments and self-reflection that creates a unique personal journey that supports excellence in the

  • organization and community.

 

Within these programs IPSLEI incorporates many texts, readings and assessments. A partial list includes the below.

  • The People Code (Taylor Hartman Ph.D.) This includes a personality assessment.

  • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, The Harvard Negotiation Project)

  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (Patrick Lencioni)

  • Values Sort Assessment

  • Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Assessment

  • Ethics Awareness Inventory

  • Making Ethical Decisions (Michael Josephson)

  • The Servant Leader (Robert K. Greenleaf)

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Based on future consultations additional texts or assessments may be recommended, or substitutions utilized. To achieve maximum development and participation, pre-session assignments are provided by IPSLEI to all students.

Academic Credit

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About Columbia Southern University: As an innovator in online education for 30 years, CSU was established to provide an alternative to the traditional university experience. CSU offers online associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees such as business administration, criminal justice, fire administration and occupational safety and health.

The International Public Safety Leadership & Ethics Institute (IPSLEI) is proud to announce a new partnership with Columbia Southern University (CSU), creating expanded educational pathways for public safety professionals.

 

Through this partnership, select IPSLEI coursework may be evaluated for academic credit toward Columbia Southern University (CSU) degree programs. Eligible courses — particularly those focused on leadership and ethics — can be applied as open elective credit in CSU programs and may be applied to specific elective requirements such as in criminal justice and forensic investigation.

 

This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to recognizing real-world training and experience. Columbia Southern University is known for its flexible, career-focused online programs and its dedication to maximizing transfer credit opportunities, including professional

training, certifications, and experiential learning. By aligning IPSLEI’s leadership-focused curriculum with CSU’s academic offerings, this partnership provides a practical pathway for public safety professionals to further their education while continuing to serve their communities.

 

Individuals interested in taking advantage of this opportunity may learn more about transfer eligibility and degree programs on the CSU website. 

POST Credit

IPSLEI has experience assisting law enforcement and correctional agencies obtain POST or CPOST recognition and credit hours. 

IPSLEI Facilitators and Professional Conduct

IPSLEI utilizes professionals with significant experience in facilitated learning methods in addition to their professional public safety backgrounds and educational achievements. All facilitators have at a minimum completed the IPSLEI 40-hour facilitator certification workshop. In 2022 the IPSLEI Guide for Professional Conduct and Interactions was implemented for facilitators and participants alike.

Confidentiality

The content of this program is the intellectual and corporate property of the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute (IPSLEI). As such, the contents of IPSLEI programs are considered to be confidential and proprietary. Release of IPSLEI programs in whole or part, in any form to any person(s) or entity beyond that which may be required by law without the expressed written permission of IPSLEI, is strictly prohibited.

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