I N T E G R AT E D L E A D E R S H I P A N D C O A C H I N G

CO-CREATING FERGUSON RELATIONSHIPS & COACHING

PRESENTED BY:TERRI MCCORMICK

814 BUILDING LEADER CAPACITY

Critique of Ferguson City Government Leadership Development Plan

Police Department and City Council

Identification of the Organization

Ferguson Municipal government: Mayor and six council members, Police force has 58 officers.

Crime Rates and Statistics: Ferguson is safer than 13.4% of the cities in the nation. The crime rate is less than 7% of the cities in Missouri. The chance of being a victim of a crime in Ferguson is 1 in 19. The chance of being a victim of a violent crime in Ferguson is 1 in 266. The chance of being a victim of a property crime in Ferguson is 1 in 21 (www.areavibes.com).

Population Demographics: 21,203 (2010 U.S.C.R.) – Blacks outnumber Whites 2:1, 5X higher than St. Louis County (Koplowitz, 2014).

Significance: The Ferguson Police Department has been placed under national scrutiny due to the shooting death of Michael Brown. Brown was an unarmed black eighteen-year-old who was caught on videotape robbing a convenience store. Brown was shortly thereafter confronted for the robbery as a suspect and thereby shot during a struggle for a police officer’s gun. The national backlash in major cities across the United States would suggest that this shooting death was far more significant than another shooting of a person perpetrating a robbery.

GRAND JURY AS CATALYST

Three Forensic Investigators Confirmed the Following:

First shot fired at close range hitting Brown’s right thumb, gave weight to Wilson’s testimony that the two struggled for the gun in Wilson’s police vehicle

Brown’s blood was found on Wilson’s gun and uniform as well as inside the police vehicle, microscopic matter on the gun barrel of the gun matched Brown’s thumb wound

St. Louis County toxicology found marijuana in Brown’s system

Autopsy and forensic evidence proved several witnesses testimony null and void, later witnesses recanted their stories as untrue

Ferguson Facts in the Case

FERGUSON & FEDERAL JUSTICE CONSULTANTS

Timeline of Events: August confrontation and shooting of Michael Brown – Looting and destruction of public

property ensues on West Florissant Business District

September Justice Department deploys to Ferguson with its own forensics investigator and other investigators to find witnesses

October Justice Department continues to work with Ferguson Law Enforcement and the District Attorney in examining all evidence

November 10, 2014 the Ferguson Municipal government with federal consultants – announce a Leadership Plan Forward for peace

November 25, 2014 the Grand Jury with full knowledge of Justice Department announces No Indictment Decision against Officer Nelson

November 25, 2014 – Current: Arson, Destruction of public property, Protests, Threats against the District Attorney and Law Enforcement

November 10, 2014 Municipal Leadership

Plan

4-POINT LEADERSHIP PLANFOCUS ON POLICY & GRANTS

I: Improve Relations Between Police Department and Residents – Establish Citizen Review Board; Implement Body and Dash Cameras; Recruit diverse police officers with residency incentives and scholarships; Improve Relations between Police and Youth with Explorer program; Legislation to set rules for law enforcement to follow with deadly force – investigation & release of information

2: Improve Municipal Court Operations – First in region to: Abolish administrative fees for towing, continuances, arrest warrants, and court costs; Set limits on municipal court revenues; Repeal failure to appear offense, Establish a payment docket for defendants who can’t pay fines

3: Commitment to West Florissant Avenue Business District – Fund West Florissant Corridor Master Plan to improve streetscape, bike and pedestrian amenities; Support Business Owners on West Florissant with loans and funds from St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, Small Business Relief Program, and Reinvest North County Fund

4: Engage Residents in Dialogue to Improve & Strengthen Community – for school, graduate from high school, training in post secondary, youth employment, and keep youth safe from violent crime

LOCAL ACTION SUMMIT Ferguson Community Center – to ACCESS NEEDS, DETERMINE PRIORITIES, SET DIRECTION

• Keep Ferguson Safe from Further destruction of property and crime that followed the August 2014 death of Michael Brown

• Ferguson Police and Fire Departments – to be well-staffed in the days surrounding the future announcement of the Grand Jury

• St. Louis Police and Missouri Highway Patrol to support Ferguson Police Force with the “Unified Command” to direct response to any threats to the safety of residents and the protection of property

• Ferguson Mayor & City Council in receipt of support from State and Federal agencies requesting ANY and ALL Assistance Possible

• Governor Nixon will issue an order to use the National Guard if necessary

NOVEMBER 15, 2014 PLEDGE OF SUPPORT

Ferguson Assessment of Needs

RESULTS OF THE PLEDGES BYT H E U . S . AT TO R N E Y G E N E R A L & M I S S O U R I G O V E R N O R ?

CULTURAL DIVIDE IN FERGUSONMAJORITY POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC FORCES

67% African American in Section 8 Housing in North/NE Ferguson

Department of Justice & City Council align against law enforcement, the District Attorney and current Laws on the Books.

Hate Speech is common against Whites as cause of African American misery

MINORITY POPULATION COUNTER FORCES

30% White American predominantly in home ownership

Rule of Law is trusted to protect individuals and property

White Flight maps the decline of economic stability in Ferguson and St. Louis County

Knowledge Content of Leadership Skill Levels

TASK

EMOTIONAL

SOCIAL

IDENTITY

META-MONITORING

VALUEORIENTATION

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (LORD AND HALL, 2005)

ASSESSMENT – PRE-PROGRAM

– Mind Garden’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (STAI) to measure anxiety and depression in adults. A 10 minute group assessment requiring a 6th grade reading level (pre and post program)

- Situational Outlook Questionnaire (SOQ) to measure perceptions about climate, team, or leader to be creative and innovative. Instrument uses 53 questions focusing on 9-dimensions of Org. Climate: challenge/involvement, freedom, trust/openness, idea-time, playfulness/humor, conflict, idea-support, debate, and risk taking

- Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) measures individual leadership styles from passive to transformational/ information on leader characteristics

VITAL FORCES: A PERSON IS NOT A PERSON UNLESS CONNECTED WITH OTHERS. (African Humanistic Thinking)

ALTERNATIVE PLAN CO-CREATING FERGUSON

CHALLENGE – THE PROGRAM

OBJECTIVE: Look through the Lens of others & begin to build a common language/ sense making to strengthen the community

Results of the STAI, SOQ, MLQ will be shared

Examples of Challenge activities: variety of methods to reach all learners; use of the arts to make making e.g. art, drama, music; diverse group sharing; program content appropriate to overall goals and objectives of the program designed and co-created by all participants

SUPPORT – POST PROGRAM

Coaching: Scaffold Building to “Flex the Habit of Mind” (Berger, 2012, p. 145)

One on one Coaching & Group Dialogue: self-sovereign, socialized, self-authored, and self-transforming leaders and leadership

DIVERSITY COACHING:

Understanding the differences you can see, and the differences you can not see. (Berger, p. 9)

ALTERNATIVE PLAN CO-CREATING FERGUSON

A FRAMEWORK FOR COACHING THE ACS MODEL

RELATIONSHIPSRAPPORT, COLLABORATION, COMMITMENT

DEPTH OF COACHINGBEHAVIORAL QUESTIONS TO IDENTIFY LESS DESIRABLE IMPACT: INTERNAL FORCES-UNDERLYING DRIVERS-ROOT CAUSES.

ASSESSMENT“UNFREEZING” TO CREATE AWARENESS OF HOW ONE AFFECTS OTHERS: CURRENT SKILLS AND PERSPECTIVES, 360, RICH ASSESSMENT

CHALLENGECREATE DISEQUILIBRIUM: OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND CHANGE

SUPPORTIDENTIFY MOTIVATORS, RECOGNIZE WINS and SETBACKS AND IDENTIFY RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES

FORMAL COACHING LEADER DEVELOPMENT

Today…

RESULTSBehavioralPersonalLearning

TIMELINE FOR EVALUATION

Evaluation Plan Matrix Coaching Action Learning Projects Post Program

Week 1: Assessments & Personal Goals established: MLQ, SOQ, STAI

Week 2: Reflection, journal, dialogue: How will Leaders help Ferguson?

Week 3: Coaching Strategies Development – are mental habits shifting?

Week 4: Action Ideas for the My Brother’s Keeper Project (Who, What)

Week 5: Post Program – Re-Assess STAI, 360 MLQ, SOQ – Dialogue