Lead the Way With a CPE or RPL Designation
Reach your career goal in your public safety communications field by joining other emergency communications professionals in an APCO leadership program.
Registered Public-Safety Leader (RPL) Program
The RPL Program is designed for individuals interested in developing a solid foundation of management and supervisory skills necessary for successful ECC operations. It focuses on the skills needed to manage people and small teams.
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The RPL Program focuses on the skills needed to manage people and small teams.
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Overview of Topics
- Communication skills
- Management and supervisory skills, attitude and mindset
- Planning and conducting productive performance appraisals
- Interpersonal negotiations: Breaking down the barriers
- How to build high-performance teams
- About APCO – structure, governance, etc.
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Recertification
- Every four years
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The CPE Program is focused on the skills and attributes necessary to lead organizations.
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Overview of Topics
Introduction to Executive Leadership
- Management vs. leadership
- Models/theories of leadership
- Public safety leadership issues
- Situational leadership: Employee
- Situational leadership: Leader
- Adaptive leadership: The self
- Adaptive leadership: The organization
- Leadership styles
- Ethical leadership in the 21st century
Defining Leaders- How leaders define themselves
- Leadership: Relating to others
- Understanding your organization
- Providing vision
- How leaders take responsibility
- Identifying problems and recognizing opportunities for change
- Leadership: Formulating courses of action
- Executing change
- Managing ongoing change
- Leaders in action
- Leadership for the 21st century
Executive Leadership in Action- Myers-Briggs type indicator as a leadership tool
- Case studies in executive leadership
- Leadership Live: Industry-leading guest speakers
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Recertification
- No recertification required