Leadership-in-the-21-Century.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

National Institute of Corrections

Correctional Leadership

Competencies for

the 21st Century

Manager and

Supervisor Levels

U.S. Department of Justice

National Institute of Corrections

320 First Street, NW

Washington, DC 20534

Morris L. Thigpen

Director

Larry Solomon

Deputy Director

Robert M. Brown, Jr.

Chief, Academy Division

John Eggers, Ph.D.

Project Manager

Dee Halley

Project Manager

National Institute of Corrections

World Wide Web Site

http://www.nicic.org

Correctional Leadership Competencies

for the 21st Century:

Manager and Supervisor Levels

Nancy M. Campbell

Campbell Consulting

December 2006

NIC Accession Number 020475

This publication was prepared under cooperative agreement 02A18GIV4 from the National Institute of Corrections, U.S.

Department of Justice. Points of view stated in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent

the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The National Institute of Corrections reserves the right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use and to authorize

others to reproduce or use all or any part of the copyrighted material contained in this publication.

Foreword

Given the increasing number and diversity of offenders in the nation’s correc-

tional institutions, the challenging responsibilities being placed on correctional

agencies and organizations, and the complexity of the social, political, and legal

climate in which they operate, it is now more vital than ever for correctional

agencies/organizations to identify and train effective leaders at all levels of man-

agement, from the frontline supervisor to the head of a correctional system. To

this end, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and its Academy Division

asked, “What are the skills and attributes of an effective correctional leader and

how can they be developed?”

In response, NIC and the Academy Division developed the Core Competencies

Project. This project called on the expertise of a number of respected profes-

sionals in the leadership field to identify the qualities needed by effective lead-

ers across a wide range of correctional agencies/organizations. After defining

four levels of correctional leaders and developing managerial profiles for each

level based on key areas of responsibility, the project identified core competen-

cies for each level through focus groups and surveys of correctional leaders,

consultation with experts in the correctional field, and comparison with other

fields. Then, for each competency, the project developed a knowledge base to

help correctional leaders at each level understand the competency better and

identified a set of key skills and behaviors related to the competency.

This publication, Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century:

Manager and Supervisor Levels, and its companion document, Correctional

Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Executives and Senior-Level

Leaders, represent the culmination of that process. The core competencies pre-

sented for managers and supervisors emphasize not only the value of capabili-

ties such as oral and written communication, strategic thinking, program

planning and performance assessment, managing change, problem solving and

decisionmaking, and a knowledge of the criminal justice system, but also skills

such as interpersonal relationships, motivating others, developing direct reports,

managing conflict, initiating collaboration, and team building and attributes of

character that correctional leaders need, including a strong sense of ethics and

values. These competencies provide correctional agencies/organizations with

tools for identifying and training current and future leaders who can embody

these capabilities and attributes. Also, they offer correctional professionals

guidelines for strengthening and cultivating their own personal growth and

development.

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