Nov
26
In a previous life I was a sales trainer in a pharmaceutical company. One of the key techniques we used to help sell the drugs to healthcare professionals was to ‘paint patient pictures’. We asked the doctors and nurses to think of a specific patient that was in the practice...
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Nov
18
Increasingly I am having conversations with officers from all ranks and forces who are convinced that they will not perform well at a board as they believe the role that they are in doesn’t provide enough opportunity for them to be able to pick good competency based examples for their...
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Sep
22
Let’s be honest, interviews are a very strange concept and very unlike how you tend to speak normally to friends and family. You have around sixty minutes to talk about some of your awesome past achievements and to big yourself up at every opportunity. The sun should literally shine out...
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Sep
03
Make no mistake. Assessing a promotion board is a hard job. Really hard. Assessors need to listen intently, make copious, accurate notes and fully engage with candidates for the 60 minutes or so of the interview. Often, they have do this every day for weeks on end. In my experience...
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Aug
11
I’ve had a few conversations recently about what the bselectedpolice Masterclass consists of and how is it working in the ‘virtual’ world. When the COVID 19 situation began to develop, we decided that our Masterclasses should run virtually over Zoom. We already ran lots of 1:1’s via Zoom or Teams...
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Jul
16
“Your interview will be next week over Zoom”. “All assessments will now move to MS Teams.” “Look out for the WebEx invite to your board”. Only 3 or 4 months ago these terms would have been a foreign language to most officers, but now as face to face boards have...
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Jun
22
An application form is often the first stage ‘sift’, with successful officers proceeding through to the next assessment stage. One thing is for sure is that competency based application forms are a very challenging part of the process. And unfortunately there is no easy way to approach them. If you...
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Jun
15
Arguably, solving problems is what the police promotion process is all about. Specifically, in an application form or interview – articulating how you have solved problems in the past; in a role-play or in-tray exercise – solving problems ‘here and now’; and in a presentation, briefing or for forward-facing interview...
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Feb
27
The basic principle of a role-play or interactive exercise is that you are due to meet an individual (e.g. a peer, direct report or partner) and you need to convince them to take a particular course of action that you believe is the most effective to solve the issue at...
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Jan
27
I’m not a Police Officer and never have been, so why do I spend all my time coaching officers to ‘b the best they can be’ and help them pass their promotion boards? Well, I used to own a recruitment agency and have worked with, interviewed and placed thousands of...
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