Workshop
The New Superior – A Better Way to Be the One in Charge Workshop
Monday October 31st, 2022 // 8:30 am - 5:00 pm // Baltimore 1-2
Description:
It’s difficult working as a scientist in a law enforcement agency. Laboratory leaders find themselves pinched between the needs of their scientific personnel and the expectations of their police commanders. In this workshop, our facilitators will challenge what it means to be a superior and encourage participants to develop new attitudes and strategies for being more effective and trustworthy in how they lead and manage their people. Participants will undergo a Gallup Global Strengths assessment and learn how their individual strengths create both advantages and disadvantages in how they interact with a wide variety of people, including scientists, criminal justice professionals, and police commanders. Through expanded self-self awareness, our attendees will grow their effectiveness as leaders working in the complex arena where science meets the arbiters and enforcers of law.
Learning Outcomes:
- Know your 5 predominant strengths and their negative tendencies
- Recognize destructive managerial habits in yourself and others
- Gain strategies for incorporating coaching methods into your approach to leadership
- Understand the conflict-collaboration continuum
- Apply the ADAPT method for resolving disagreements
- Appreciate the impact of personality on leadership styles
- Develop a personal leadership process that keeps you focused on your goals
- Access an optional free coaching session during the symposium
- Interact with experienced laboratory administrators and forensic experts
- Learn common challenges faced by other workshop participants
Intended Audience:
Participants must be in positions of management or be interested in management as a possible career path. Required questionnaires and an assessment must be completed prior to the workshop.
Speakers
John CollinsChair
Expertise Coach, Facilitator, and Author
John Collins is a leadership and expertise coach, facilitator, and author of 3 books on forensic science. His fourth book, The New Superior, was published in 2022. John specializes in helping people, teams, and organizations in authoritative, high-responsibility occupations requiring high levels of expertise. About half of John’s clients work in forensic science.
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Pamela Marshall
Director, Duquesne University
Dr. Marshall has extensive graduate and undergraduate teaching experience in the forensic disciplines of serology, DNA, and microscopy. Her research interests include low copy number DNA, human and wildlife DNA identification challenges, nanoparticle technology, pressure cycling technology, and PCR enhancement.
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Julie Conover Sikorsky
Forensic Scientist Supervisor, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Julie Conover Sikorsky is a Forensic Scientist Supervisor, a.k.a. Forensic Biology Unit Manager, at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in West Palm Beach, Florida. She has been employed by the PBSO for over twenty years, first as a Senior Forensic Scientist, then as the manager of the FBU. Julie is also a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ABC certified in molecular biology.
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Ray Wickenheiser
Director for the New York State Police Crime Lab System
Ray has over 40 years of experience working in the field of forensic science. His areas of expertise include crime lab administration, quality management, conflict resolution, forensic DNA and mixture interpretation, serology, hair and fiber trace evidence, physical matching and comparison, glass fracture analysis, forensic grain comparison and forensic investigative genetic genealogy
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