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Paul Conor, Ph.D.

Active Supervision

Coach Paul Conor, Ph.D., is an organizational psychologist and management consultant who has been working with law enforcement leaders for more than 20 years. He is a former US Marine infantry officer, who led Marines in combat during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Coach Paul is an award-winning author, California state-certified Team Building Workshop facilitator and former university professor. He is also a reserve lieutenant with the Orange County (California) Sheriff’s Department.

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When you use the active supervision skill of scheduling, you take all the decisions you made regarding time management and add it to your calendaring system
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The active supervision skill of innovation involves using critical thinking and problem solving to come up with ways of doing things better
The active supervision skill of problem-solving involves a series of steps that forces you to go beyond the first solution that comes to mind
The active supervision skill of training involves seeking out training for yourself and teaching your followers everything that you expect them to do
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