A leader succeeds to a great extent if one leads with respect to the opinions, views and advice from other stakeholders. In this sense, the biggest mistake a leader can make is to ignore the views of the people one is leading. Some of the leaders have even gone to the extent of ignoring orders from their seniors (Wisenand, 2011). In essence, these are the irresponsible leaders who do not want to take responsibility. In other words, they are not accountable in their positions. The result of such poor leadership is a leadership failure to a great extent.

In my practice, I have ever witnessed a situation where a leader failed terribly. My boss was a category II police supervisor charged with dealing with category ii complaints. I and other colleagues of mine were working below him. He was under a strict boss though. A conflict arose between him and us because he developed a tendency of ignoring all the views that we gave him for improving our department. His lack of accountability also led him to ignoring orders issued to him by his boss. The result of his disobedience was many complaints were launched by the citizens, because of very poor handling of category II complaints. A stern action was taken against him, and he went for three years having been banned from holding a position within the forces.

A category II police supervisor is a one in charge of handling less serious complaints in the police department (Dempsey & Forst, 2009). The complaints are grouped as category II complaints.

Mission statement reflecting three personal values:

Our mission is to provide excellent service to all citizens with honesty, fairness, integrity, accountability and transparency in the most justifiable manner.

Reference

Dempsey, J.,& Forst, L.(2009). An introduction to policing. Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Wisenand, M.P. (2011). Supervising police personnel: the fifteen responsibilities (7th). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Learning.