Rank Success: The No.1 Police Promotion and Leadership Podcast

For S3E5, I share a trilogy of related videos uploaded to YouTube last month, just before the Casey Review published. The themes are centred around violence against women and girls, and how VAWG may well feature on your promotion boards. You may find these audio versions helpful if you haven't seen the videos, or indeed just want a useful reminder on your commute now that the news focus has moved on to other things.

First, I cover the subject of conduct and setting standards. Then I talk through the NPCC's VAWG reports, covering all facets of that. Finally, I go in depth into the subject of investigations, specifically relating to the Elizabeth Stanko report on the police investigation of sexual offences. I include various promotion board questions and prompts for you as an aspiring leader to be aware of the zeitgeist around these wider policing issues. You'll also find relevant articles about VAWG, investigations, and ethics at my free blog (see links below).

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: ⁠https://policepromotion.blog⁠

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: ⁠www.ranksuccess.co.uk⁠

YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ⁠

I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog:

⁠https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee

In S3E4, I give my thoughts on the recent article published by the Police Federation about 'worryingly low promotion success rates down to a lack of learning time during work'. They point out how around only 1 in 6 of their survey respondents were successful in promotion last year, demonstrating how brutally.competitive promotion processes are. The key angle the PFEW take is protected learning time, especially for the exam (which you'll find I've blogged on before). But the real competition begins when competing with other officers for substantive positions.

I discuss the ins and outs of this article, the ramifications on promotion processes across the country, and how you can better navigate the minefield. I also explore what's on the horizon and recent changes by the College of Policing; for example, consider the fact they're already mooting a new police promotion framework for officers within the Federated ranks, to replace NPPF, provisionally called the Sergeant and Inspector Promotion Process (SIPP).

It's good to see the Fed now taking an interest in the professional aspirations and leadership CPD of their members. As always, I offer an open invite to any Federation to provide entirely FREE promotion and leadership support seminars for their members, either locally or at the extensive national conference facilities. Just get in touch to arrange.

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog:

https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee

Season 3 of my free police promotion podcast continues strong, where I'm thrilled to share my far-reaching platform with DI Becky Davies, of Devon and Cornwall Police.

Becky kindly and openly shares her story of neurodivergence, including wider perspectives on neurodiversity in policing. She talks about her struggles in achieving promotion, the barriers, but also proposes solutions. This is an audio version of her recent guest blog I've posted on my blog site, link below:

https://policepromotion.blog/2023/02/20/beckys-story-neurodivergence-and-police-promotion/

I'm happy to share my platform reaching 1000's of officers around the UK and beyond. So if you've got something interesting to say about policing and/or police leadership, feel free to get in touch. You can either write a guest blog, record audio of yourself, or indeed both as Becky has done.

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog:

https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee

Episode 2 of Season 3 of my free police promotion support is another BANGER! Today I had the privilege of interviewing Chief Constable Chris Noble of Staffordshire Police.

I asked him a range of questions on policing and leadership, to which his responses are insightful and fascinating. There's tons of lessons here for aspiring police leaders everywhere, whether you seek promotion or lateral career development. He also shares his perspectives on controversial police matters like Performance Development Reviews (PDRs), his expectations of leaders, why Staffordshire decided to choose bespoke CVF values, the more strategic ranks of Inspector, Chief Inspector, and beyond, his advice for those officers seeking promotion, and much more!

You won't regret listening to this 48 minutes of incredible insights, and it's quality CPD if you're aspiring to a higher rank in policing. I'd like to thank Chris again for making the time to share his insights on police promotion and leadership with you. I'll post a blog in the usual place as a follow-up with my reflections and thoughts soon. For now, enjoy this audio and make sure you have a pen to hand!

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog:

https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee

For the inaugural episode of Season 3, Year of the Rabbit,  I discuss neurodiversity and my thoughts around support for officers and staff with ND / Autistic Spectrum Conditions. I also expand upon thoughts within my new blog, 'Thinking Differently About Neurodiversity in Policing Part 3'...

https://policepromotion.blog/2023/02/11/thinking-differently-on-neurodiversity-in-police-leadership-part-3 

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog:

https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee

In S2 E27 I discuss the controversial decision in Devon and Cornwall police to waive the remaining promotion process to fill Sergeant vacancies with those with successful applications. That means no interview boards or presentations to conduct, candidates will instead be straight through to NPPF Step 4. A paper-based promotion process if you like! This is just one method of the rich tapestry of promotion processes I've previously covered in my two-part blog on the postcode lottery of police promotion!

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

In S2 E26 I give you a kickstart to 2023 with a super-briefing on promotion. 

I cover gap assessments, smart goal-setting, preparation, and much more in this 27 minute episode. I recorded in my conservatory, so you may just hear a little background noise of the rain!  I also discuss my new and improved Interview Success eGuide and Sergeant's example evidence guide, both of which are available on my website. You can go further with a comprehensive superbriefing, by downloading my complete suite of materials, which for the new year I also share a new offer: The inclusion of my 3hr CVF explainer video as part of the Sergeant and Inspector/C.Inspector toolkits!

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

Episode 25 of this Year of the Tiger series of police leadership podcasts focuses on supervising investigations and the process of investigation.

Initially, I cover the process and expand on concepts I've previously blogged about (link below), plus your responsibilities as a leader, manager, and supervisor. Not least, given this is an area many forces are failing at, as identified in the PEEL inspections. I then provide an extra 10 minutes at the end, because since originally recording this, the College of Policing launched a consultation on a new investigation process; funnily enough, closely resembling the stages of investigation I outline in my 2021 blog, 'Investigating the Future'!

https://policepromotion.blog/2021/05/11/investigating-the-future 

I hope you enjoy the content and I wish you a very merry Christmas and every success for 2023.

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

In this festive video episode of my Police Promotion & Leadership podcast, I  share insights and tips from a batch of recent testimonials I've received. I discuss what worked for these officers and insights as to your own learning towards not just being successful at police promotion, but  putting clear blue water between you and other candidates.

For example, consider the following practice  promotion board question: 

"What's the difference between the roles of Sergeant and Inspector?" 

Read all these testimonials and more here:

www.ranksuccess.co.uk/testimonials 

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ

I have an exciting and inspiring leadership interview for you as Episode 23 of Season 2! This week I had the privilege of interviewing Chief Constable Lee Freeman of Humberside Police. Yes, that Humberside Police, recently rated the best performing force in the country by HMICFRS!

I think you'll enjoy his grounded communication style and 'intelligence-led leadership' approach, as I ask him about performance, leadership, culture and more under his stewardship in Humberside Police. There's a heap of lessons here for aspiring leaders everywhere, including Lee's universal tips on police promotion. He also shares his perspectives on leading with legitimacy, leading change, building trust, culture, communication/listening, supervision, how he turned the force around from worst- to best-performing in the country, and much more besides.

You won't regret listening to this 45 minutes of incredible insights, and it's quality CPD if you're aspiring to a higher rank in policing. And I'm sure many cops out there will be envious of some of the apparent approaches taken by the leadership in Humberside! I'd like to thank Lee again for making the time to share his wisdom on police leadership with you. I'll post a blog in the usual place as a follow-up with my reflections and thoughts soon. For now, enjoy this jam-packed episode and make sure you have a pen to hand for those golden nuggets!

As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback.

More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout!

See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places...

FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog

Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ