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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.nicic.org/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Thinking About Corrections : Competencies</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/tags/Competencies/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Competencies</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)</generator><item><title>Do You Have the 'Right Stuff' to Lead and Manage Your Agency?</title><link>http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/2007/02/23/Do-You-Have-the-_2700_Right-Stuff_2700_-to-Lead-and-Manage-Your-Agency_3F00_.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:2566</guid><dc:creator>CC Pro</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The skills and abilities correctional leaders&amp;nbsp;must possess&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;direct and manage the operations of their&amp;nbsp;agencies/organizations&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;especially&amp;nbsp;relevant&amp;nbsp;now given&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;changing&amp;nbsp;nature of&amp;nbsp;technologies, workforce demographics, the legislative environment, and public opinion. In recognition of the need&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;executives and supervisors to have a clear and purposeful understanding of the tasks, responsibilities and&amp;nbsp;collaborative nature of their positions,&amp;nbsp;the National Institute of Corrections Academy and Special Projects Divisions have developed competencies for distinct levels of leadership. Specific competencies are&amp;nbsp;presented for Executive and Senior-Level Leaders and for those&amp;nbsp;in Managerial and Supervisory capacities. These documents are&amp;nbsp;an indispensable&amp;nbsp;resource for identifying and developing self-awareness, interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, problem solving, decision-making, and team building. They are available in hard copy, at no cost, from the National Institute of Corrections Information Center&amp;nbsp;by using the below links.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;FREE: Order &lt;a href="http://info.nicic.org/RMS/myAccount/?myDocs=020475"&gt;Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Manager &amp;amp; Supervisor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;FREE: Order &lt;a href="http://info.nicic.org/RMS/myAccount/?myDocs=020474"&gt;Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Executive &amp;amp; Senior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2566" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/tags/Competencies/default.aspx">Competencies</category><category domain="http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/tags/Leadership/default.aspx">Leadership</category><category domain="http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/tags/Management/default.aspx">Management</category></item></channel></rss>