 Women in Law Enforcement:
Positioning Yourself for Promotion Workshop
Bring to Your Department
About the Course: Is there a brass ceiling for women in policing? If so, what are the reasons? What strategies can women in law enforcement use to position themselves for promotion? This workshop will answer these questions and more!!! Participants should come to this session with a vision of where they want to be in the profession. Chief Karin Montejo, a 26-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, will guide you through the steps you can take to get there. The workshop will present research on characteristics of women in command staff positions as well as what you can do to move up the promotion ladder. Open to all women currently employed in law enforcement agencies.
Topics Covered:
- What Challenges Do We Face? Leadership Requirements
Needed; Issues Significant to Women;
How Do We Overcome These Challenges?
- Brass Ceiling – What’s holding you back? How to overcome barriers;
How to overcome internal and external pressures
- How to find a mentor
- Improve your capacity for leadership
- How to motivate yourself and others
- Gender differences in Communication
- Assessment Center – How to prepare yourself
- Characteristics of Women in Command
- Building your leadership style and creating your roadmap to success
Two reasons to attend
To learn about:
- Characteristics of women in command;
- and how to move up the ranks.
About the Instructor, Chief Montejo
Chief Montejo is the Police Division Chief of the Administration and Technology Division of Miami-Dade PD and she is a 26-year veteran of the Department. Chief Montejo is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Leadership and is doing her thesis on Women in Leadership in Law Enforcement. Chief Montejo holds an MS in Public Administration and a BA in Criminal Justice. Chief Montejo has attended the Southern Police Institute Command Officers Development Course sponsored by the University of Lousville and the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Click here for Chief Montejo’s Biography
Contact IWITTS
about bringing this workshop to your Department!
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