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SHOW NOTES:
On this episode I'm delighted to speak with Jean-Michel Blais, Chief of Halifax Regional Police. Chief Blais spent 25 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
During that time, he completed his first mission with the United Nations in Haiti as a civilian police officer and following his return, worked predominantly on organized motorcycle gangs and Colombian drug Cartels.
He worked as an adjudicator in Ottawa and in 2008, was assigned to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti as the Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of over 1,700 international police officers.
In January 2010, following the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, he was dispatched to locate, recover and repatriate the bodies of Sergeant Mark Gallagher and Chief Superintendent Doug Coates.
For a year prior to his appointment as Chief of Halifax Regional Police, he was the officer in charge of Halifax District RCMP.
Chief Blais has two degrees, one in political science and economics from McGill University and the other in law from Université Laval. He's an avid reader and has also published several works on international and national police-related topics.
He has been decorated with medals by both the UN and the Government of Canada.
We spoke when he dropped by my Halifax office.
Below I've also included a fairly extensive bibliography, provided by the chief, of some of his go-to leadership books. It's an interesting list.
While you're here, I'd be grateful if you would my follow my podcast. It's free, there are no strings and you'll only be alerted when something is posted.
I'd also be very interested in your feedback if there's somebody you think our readers would like to hear interviewed. Just leave a comment on my site and I'll get back to you.
Have a great weekend...
JM Blais’ Bibliography
On leadership:Be, Know, Do by Frances Hesselbein & General Eric K. ShinsekiThe 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen CoveyThe 50th Law by Robert Greene
On values:Integrity: The Courage to meet the Demands of Reality by Dr. Henry CloudStatus Anxiety by Alain de BottonAs a Man Thinketh by James Allen
On interpersonal relationships and understanding people:The 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThe 33 Strategies of War by Robert GreeneMastery by Robert GreeneDriven: How Human Nature Shapes our Choices by Paul R. Lawrence et Nitin Nohria
On thinking skill development:The Opposable Mind by Roger MartinThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Ingenuity Gap by Thomas Homer-DixonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
On effective people management:The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile & Steven KramerEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanThe No Asshole Rule by Robert SuttonThe Way We’re Working Isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz
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By Jordi MorganSHOW NOTES:
On this episode I'm delighted to speak with Jean-Michel Blais, Chief of Halifax Regional Police. Chief Blais spent 25 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
During that time, he completed his first mission with the United Nations in Haiti as a civilian police officer and following his return, worked predominantly on organized motorcycle gangs and Colombian drug Cartels.
He worked as an adjudicator in Ottawa and in 2008, was assigned to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti as the Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of over 1,700 international police officers.
In January 2010, following the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, he was dispatched to locate, recover and repatriate the bodies of Sergeant Mark Gallagher and Chief Superintendent Doug Coates.
For a year prior to his appointment as Chief of Halifax Regional Police, he was the officer in charge of Halifax District RCMP.
Chief Blais has two degrees, one in political science and economics from McGill University and the other in law from Université Laval. He's an avid reader and has also published several works on international and national police-related topics.
He has been decorated with medals by both the UN and the Government of Canada.
We spoke when he dropped by my Halifax office.
Below I've also included a fairly extensive bibliography, provided by the chief, of some of his go-to leadership books. It's an interesting list.
While you're here, I'd be grateful if you would my follow my podcast. It's free, there are no strings and you'll only be alerted when something is posted.
I'd also be very interested in your feedback if there's somebody you think our readers would like to hear interviewed. Just leave a comment on my site and I'll get back to you.
Have a great weekend...
JM Blais’ Bibliography
On leadership:Be, Know, Do by Frances Hesselbein & General Eric K. ShinsekiThe 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen CoveyThe 50th Law by Robert Greene
On values:Integrity: The Courage to meet the Demands of Reality by Dr. Henry CloudStatus Anxiety by Alain de BottonAs a Man Thinketh by James Allen
On interpersonal relationships and understanding people:The 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThe 33 Strategies of War by Robert GreeneMastery by Robert GreeneDriven: How Human Nature Shapes our Choices by Paul R. Lawrence et Nitin Nohria
On thinking skill development:The Opposable Mind by Roger MartinThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Ingenuity Gap by Thomas Homer-DixonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
On effective people management:The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile & Steven KramerEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanThe No Asshole Rule by Robert SuttonThe Way We’re Working Isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz