If you have been looking for information or help on upcoming promotional exam that includes an assessment center, then you've come to the right place!
Hi. I'm Rick Michelson and I have a background in law enforcement and teaching criminal justice and leadership courses for over 30 years.
I've been doing workshops for public safety personnel who have had to compete in assessment centers since 1990.
My webpage has more info on specifics as well as course offerings, classes and text. Since assessment centers are geared towards what you actually do or say, it is a very interactive and dynamic process unlike written exams or interviews.
Hi. I'm Rick Michelson and I have a background in law enforcement and teaching criminal justice and leadership courses for over 30 years.
I've been doing workshops for public safety personnel who have had to compete in assessment centers since 1990.
My webpage has more info on specifics as well as course offerings, classes and text. Since assessment centers are geared towards what you actually do or say, it is a very interactive and dynamic process unlike written exams or interviews.
While we do help with interviews, the assessment process is much more of a hands-on process.
Whether you are going for a first line level supervisor job such as a sergeant or fire captain or a higher level position such as lieutenant captain, commander or even a higher position, this process can help you prepare and improve your own performance.
The exercises typically include the in-basket, the subordinant counseling, leaderless group and some form of an oral presentation. Our classes simulate assessment centers giving you the opportunity to practice some of those new skills without compromising your promotion.
If you have any questions about the assessment center methods or specific exercises, then feel free to ask and post them on this blog. We can help you clarify the issues.
My main focus is on helping you develop those skills needed for the new position. However, you have to take the daily opportunities that are presented at work to practice those skills.
For example, developing your own in-basket exercies with your peers or subordinants to clarify a situation or issue with them and also to manage a unit meeting, staff briefing or citizens meeting to gain more experience in meeting management.
My article on succession planning for public safety was published in police chief magazine and available on my website as well as the IACP website.
This should help you see what some of the opportunities are that you can take advantage of now, well ahead of any promotional process to help you prepare for the job, not the test.
Let me know what your assessment center process will include. The intend is not to gain the system or learn tips and tricks. But to really understand the skills that you need to master if you were to become a successful supervisor or manager.
Right now your best measuring stick is your own personal performance appraisal from your supervisor as to your readiness levels.
So, are you really "ready" for your new promotion?
