Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership
ABOUT LEAD BIG
Meet Ward Clapham
Challenging the way work is traditionally done, Ward Clapham inspires leaders to rethink the way they manage people and unleash hidden talent. Ward is the author of Lead Big: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership and Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets.
Short Bio
For 30 years, Clapham worked and served in one of the most stressful and demanding public arenas—law enforcement. When he took command of the third largest Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Canada, located in Richmond, B.C., the organization ran like most bureaucracies—heavy command-and-control management and strict adherence to the status quo. As with previous leadership assignments, Clapham didn’t believe in staying in the box. He and his teams took calculated chances, made mistakes, and forged new paths where others feared to tread. Though difficult at times, Clapham’s unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional environment of policing, not to mention that crime and community problems were significantly decreased.
Public and private organizations face similar challenges: how to successfully break with ineffective paradigms, practices and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo. Clapham’s inspiring stories define and describe the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command-and-control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. He challenges leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement.
Clapham has spoken to thousands of people on his unique experiences and how issues of leadership that affect the RCMP are very similar to those that challenge leaders in the ‘real world’. His non-traditional way of thinking and problem solving has made him a sought-after speaker and consultant.
Longer Bio
For 30 years, Ward Clapham worked and served in one of the most stressful and demanding public arenas—law enforcement. When he took command of the third largest Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Canada, located in Richmond, B.C., the organization ran like most bureaucracies—heavy command-and-control management and strict adherence to the status quo. As with previous leadership assignments, Ward didn’t believe in staying in the box. He and his teams took calculated chances, made mistakes, and forged new paths where others feared to tread. Though difficult at times, Ward’s unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional environment of policing, not to mention that crime and community problems were significantly decreased. Public and private organizations face similar challenges: how to successfully break with ineffective paradigms, practices and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo. Ward’s inspiring stories define and describe the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command-and-control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. He challenges leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement.
One of his successful Richmond initiatives is the topic of his first book, Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets. It has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles, a FranklinCovey feature film, and in Reader’s Digest magazine. His second book, Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership defines and describes the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command and control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. His own inspiring stories and results coupled with scientific research, anecdotes, quotes, and historical accounts lead to powerful break-with insights in each chapter applicable for leaders in all areas of the public and private sectors.
Lead Big will inspire leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement. Explore how Ward and his team adjusted to keep the organization proactive, flexible, and innovative within a constantly changing landscape. Learn how he rooted advanced leadership principles into previously rigid police cultures, and how those principles are now being adapted throughout the world. Discover how he was able to successfully "break with the law" within a command-and-control structure. Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership is an inspiring journey of discovery with one of Canada's top cops as he relates tales of confronting and combating the status quo to generate positive change.
Recognized Outcomes
Testimonials
“Wonderfully Innovative” Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Dr. Covey is author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. Ward Clapham’s work is featured in a documentary training video produced by Franklin Covey.
“He’s a guy who Challenged the way work was traditionally done and is getting phenomenal results” Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Michael Abrashoff is the author Best Sellers It's Your Ship, It's Our Ship and Get Your Ship Together where he featured his final chapter on Ward Clapham as one of the smartest leaders you’ve never heard of.
“Something Positive for a Change” Reader's Digest
Ward Clapham is featured as an innovator by Reader's Digest
“Visionary” Shared Vision Magazine
Shared Vision is a monthly magazine that featured Ward Clapham as a pioneer and visionary.
"Ward, thank you for taking the time to share your journey and leadership philosophy with us. Everyone that I met in your office is further proof of your successes—there was a definite desire to help and a focus on people. I'm thinking of moving to Richmond!"
FranklinCovey Executive Study Group, Vancouver B.C.
"Thank you for your inspiring presentation on leadership. I have been a municipal member for 24 years, and I can honestly say that you held my attention for the entire presentation. Your presentation was "bang on" as it was apparent to me that you definitely “walk the talk.”
Senior Police Leadership Course
"Wow, bring him back. Excellent pertinent presentation; excellent example of servant leadership and thinking out-of-the-box. So awesome to hear your story/courage. Thank you for your inspiring voice. Excellent, Inspiring! Powerful!"
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
"Conclusive results from the completed evaluation forms for this year's Conference reveal that, for a second year in a row, the delegates' choice as "best speaker" was RCMP Superintendent Ward Clapham."
Pacific Northwest License, Tax and Fraud Association
Reading List
Here you'll find a list of authors and works Ward Clapham recommends.
The 8th Habit - Stephen R. Covey
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
It's Your Ship - Leadership Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy. Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Get Your Ship Together - How Great Leaders Inspire Ownership from the Keel Up - Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
It's Our Ship - The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership - Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
The Speed of Trust - The One Thing That Changes Everything - Stephen M.R. Covey
The Leadership Challenge - Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Every Officer is a Leader - Transforming Leadership in Police, Justice and Public Safety - Dr. Terry D. Anderson, contributing author
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan MOJO - Marshall Goldsmith
Hungry - Fueling Your Best Game - Ryan Walter
The Ugly Duckling Goes to Work - Mette Norgaard and co-author of TouchPoints.
Four Generations - One Workplace - Olivia McIvor
The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch - Lance H.K. Secretan
How the Mighty Fall - And Why Some Companies Never Give In - Jim Collins
Good to Great - Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't - Jim Collins
Made to Stick - Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Switch - How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Boss Talk - Terry Barker
The Five Minute Police Officer - Terry Barker
Principle Centered Leadership - Stephen R. Covey
First Things First - Stephen R. Covey
Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson
Paradigms - The Business of Discovering the Future - Joel Arthur Barker
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook - Peter Senge
Forming the Future - Lessons from the Saturn Corporation - Jack O'Toole
A Whack on the Side of the Head - How You Can Be More Creative - Roger von Oech
The Leader of the Future - The Drucker Foundation
Getting To Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - Roger Fisher and William Ury
Love 'Em or Lose "Em - Getting Good People To Stay - Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
Next - The Future Just Happenned - Michael Lewis
Firing On All Cylinders - Jim Clemmer
Press
Servant Leadership Can Bolster Profit, Mission http://axiomnews.ca/node/1053
Servant Leadership Unleashes Talent, Passion http://www.axiomnews.ca/gennews/963
Partners
www.ProactiveInsights.com
Meet Ward Clapham
Challenging the way work is traditionally done, Ward Clapham inspires leaders to rethink the way they manage people and unleash hidden talent. Ward is the author of Lead Big: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership and Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets.
For 30 years, Clapham worked and served in one of the most stressful and demanding public arenas—law enforcement. When he took command of the third largest Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Canada, located in Richmond, B.C., the organization ran like most bureaucracies—heavy command-and-control management and strict adherence to the status quo. As with previous leadership assignments, Clapham didn’t believe in staying in the box. He and his teams took calculated chances, made mistakes, and forged new paths where others feared to tread. Though difficult at times, Clapham’s unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional environment of policing, not to mention that crime and community problems were significantly decreased.
Public and private organizations face similar challenges: how to successfully break with ineffective paradigms, practices and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo. Clapham’s inspiring stories define and describe the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command-and-control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. He challenges leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement.
Clapham has spoken to thousands of people on his unique experiences and how issues of leadership that affect the RCMP are very similar to those that challenge leaders in the ‘real world’. His non-traditional way of thinking and problem solving has made him a sought-after speaker and consultant.
Longer Bio
For 30 years, Ward Clapham worked and served in one of the most stressful and demanding public arenas—law enforcement. When he took command of the third largest Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Canada, located in Richmond, B.C., the organization ran like most bureaucracies—heavy command-and-control management and strict adherence to the status quo. As with previous leadership assignments, Ward didn’t believe in staying in the box. He and his teams took calculated chances, made mistakes, and forged new paths where others feared to tread. Though difficult at times, Ward’s unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional environment of policing, not to mention that crime and community problems were significantly decreased. Public and private organizations face similar challenges: how to successfully break with ineffective paradigms, practices and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo. Ward’s inspiring stories define and describe the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command-and-control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. He challenges leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement.
One of his successful Richmond initiatives is the topic of his first book, Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets. It has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles, a FranklinCovey feature film, and in Reader’s Digest magazine. His second book, Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership defines and describes the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command and control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. His own inspiring stories and results coupled with scientific research, anecdotes, quotes, and historical accounts lead to powerful break-with insights in each chapter applicable for leaders in all areas of the public and private sectors.
Lead Big will inspire leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement. Explore how Ward and his team adjusted to keep the organization proactive, flexible, and innovative within a constantly changing landscape. Learn how he rooted advanced leadership principles into previously rigid police cultures, and how those principles are now being adapted throughout the world. Discover how he was able to successfully "break with the law" within a command-and-control structure. Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership is an inspiring journey of discovery with one of Canada's top cops as he relates tales of confronting and combating the status quo to generate positive change.
Recognized Outcomes
- Recipient of the Head of Public Service of Canada Award for Valuing and Supporting People—Leadership
- Recipient of the Canadian Order of Merit of the Police Forces for conspicuous merit and exceptional service
- Recipient of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem for community service
- Recipient of the Queens Golden Jubilee Award for community policing Rotary International Centennial Service Award for professional excellence
Testimonials
“Wonderfully Innovative” Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Dr. Covey is author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. Ward Clapham’s work is featured in a documentary training video produced by Franklin Covey.
“He’s a guy who Challenged the way work was traditionally done and is getting phenomenal results” Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Michael Abrashoff is the author Best Sellers It's Your Ship, It's Our Ship and Get Your Ship Together where he featured his final chapter on Ward Clapham as one of the smartest leaders you’ve never heard of.
“Something Positive for a Change” Reader's Digest
Ward Clapham is featured as an innovator by Reader's Digest
“Visionary” Shared Vision Magazine
Shared Vision is a monthly magazine that featured Ward Clapham as a pioneer and visionary.
"Ward, thank you for taking the time to share your journey and leadership philosophy with us. Everyone that I met in your office is further proof of your successes—there was a definite desire to help and a focus on people. I'm thinking of moving to Richmond!"
FranklinCovey Executive Study Group, Vancouver B.C.
"Thank you for your inspiring presentation on leadership. I have been a municipal member for 24 years, and I can honestly say that you held my attention for the entire presentation. Your presentation was "bang on" as it was apparent to me that you definitely “walk the talk.”
Senior Police Leadership Course
"Wow, bring him back. Excellent pertinent presentation; excellent example of servant leadership and thinking out-of-the-box. So awesome to hear your story/courage. Thank you for your inspiring voice. Excellent, Inspiring! Powerful!"
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
"Conclusive results from the completed evaluation forms for this year's Conference reveal that, for a second year in a row, the delegates' choice as "best speaker" was RCMP Superintendent Ward Clapham."
Pacific Northwest License, Tax and Fraud Association
Reading List
Here you'll find a list of authors and works Ward Clapham recommends.
The 8th Habit - Stephen R. Covey
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
It's Your Ship - Leadership Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy. Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Get Your Ship Together - How Great Leaders Inspire Ownership from the Keel Up - Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
It's Our Ship - The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership - Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
The Speed of Trust - The One Thing That Changes Everything - Stephen M.R. Covey
The Leadership Challenge - Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Every Officer is a Leader - Transforming Leadership in Police, Justice and Public Safety - Dr. Terry D. Anderson, contributing author
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan MOJO - Marshall Goldsmith
Hungry - Fueling Your Best Game - Ryan Walter
The Ugly Duckling Goes to Work - Mette Norgaard and co-author of TouchPoints.
Four Generations - One Workplace - Olivia McIvor
The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch - Lance H.K. Secretan
How the Mighty Fall - And Why Some Companies Never Give In - Jim Collins
Good to Great - Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't - Jim Collins
Made to Stick - Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Switch - How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Boss Talk - Terry Barker
The Five Minute Police Officer - Terry Barker
Principle Centered Leadership - Stephen R. Covey
First Things First - Stephen R. Covey
Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson
Paradigms - The Business of Discovering the Future - Joel Arthur Barker
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook - Peter Senge
Forming the Future - Lessons from the Saturn Corporation - Jack O'Toole
A Whack on the Side of the Head - How You Can Be More Creative - Roger von Oech
The Leader of the Future - The Drucker Foundation
Getting To Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - Roger Fisher and William Ury
Love 'Em or Lose "Em - Getting Good People To Stay - Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
Next - The Future Just Happenned - Michael Lewis
Firing On All Cylinders - Jim Clemmer
Press
Servant Leadership Can Bolster Profit, Mission http://axiomnews.ca/node/1053
Servant Leadership Unleashes Talent, Passion http://www.axiomnews.ca/gennews/963
Partners
www.ProactiveInsights.com
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