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Elastic Leadership Workshop

Elastic Leadership One-Day Workshop Ulster County Sheriff's Office 380 Boulevard Kingston, NY 12401 September 23, 2026

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM UTC-5

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Oct

28

Oct

29

Elastic Leadership Workshop

2-Days “The Elastic Badge: Leadership Beyond Rust” Workshop – October 28-29, 2026, Hosted by Douglas County, WA Sheriff’s Office

October 28 8:30 AM - October 29 5:00 PM UTC-5

DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE

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Nov

18

50 LAWS OF RUSTIC LEADERSHIP

50 Laws of Rustic Leadership - Hoover Police Department - October 21, 2026

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM UTC-6

Frank and Pam Barefield Training Center

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11

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22

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #37 Command & Staff Leadership Program Orange Beach PD and Baldwin County Sheriff, AL January 11- January 22, 2027

Orange Beach PD and Baldwin County Sheriff Alabama

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1

Mar

12

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #38 - Command and Staff Leadership Program – Seminole County Sheriff, Sanford, FL Residency March 1-12, 2027

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12

Apr

23

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #39 – Command and Staff Leadership Program – East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA April 12-23, 2027

April 12 8:30 AM - April 23 4:30 PM UTC-5

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office

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2

Aug

13

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #40 – Command and Staff Leadership Program – Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Pueblo, CO – Residency August 2 -13, 2027

Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office administration building

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Elastic Leadership Workshop

Elastic Leadership One-Day Workshop Ulster County Sheriff's Office 380 Boulevard Kingston, NY 12401 September 23, 2026

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The Elastic Leadership Workshop is a one-day, science-driven intensive designed to help leaders operate with clarity, adaptability, and resilience under sustained pressure. Built specifically for high-stakes environments such as law enforcement and public safety, this workshop integrates the science of 11 RINGS and Elastic Identity theory to move leaders beyond rigid styles and toward adaptive, context-responsive leadership.
 
Rather than teaching a single leadership style, this workshop focuses on elasticity—the capacity to flex, recover, and recalibrate leadership behavior in real time without losing purpose, standards, or identity. Participants learn how strong leadership traits can both polish performance and, when overused, quietly create rust that limits effectiveness.
 
What Participants Will Experience
 
Participants engage in guided reflection, facilitated discussion, and applied exercises supported by three proprietary assessments and companion materials:
  • MAGNUS Elastic Leadership Index (MELI) Lite – Identifies how leaders currently express Drive, Connection, Steadiness, and Clarity, and how these energies shift under pressure. Each participant receives one of 16 leadership profiles with clear development guidance.
  • MAGNUS Elasticity Interferences Index (MEII) – Reveals protective leadership behaviors that may have once served performance but now risk creating rigidity, burnout, or relational strain if left unexamined.
  • 11 Rings of Human Performance Lite – Assesses key domains of performance and wellbeing to help leaders understand where strain, imbalance, or erosion is quietly undermining leadership capacity.
Each participant receives the MAGNUS OVERA and Elastic Identity books, along with structured workbooks that translate insight into action during and after the session.
 
Key Outcomes
  • Understand what Elastic Leadership is, and why it outperforms static leadership models in complex, high-stress environments.
  • Identify their dominant leadership energies and recognize when to lean in versus when to recalibrate.
  • When

Wednesday, September 23 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM UTC-5

Elastic Leadership Workshop

2-Days “The Elastic Badge: Leadership Beyond Rust” Workshop – October 28-29, 2026, Hosted by Douglas County, WA Sheriff’s Office

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Leadership Beyond Rust
In law enforcement leadership, years of service, complex decisions, and constant operational demands inevitably leave their mark. That mark is what we call rust—the wear and tear that accumulates beneath the badge. But rust is not a flaw to be hidden; it is evidence of perseverance, experience, and resilience.
The Elastic Badge: Leadership Beyond Rust introduces a modern, human-centered approach to leadership. It challenges the outdated idea that grit means impenetrable toughness and instead defines true grit as the ability to bend without breaking, to recover without closing off, and to grow while staying open and connected.
Drawing from the MAGNUS ONE Science and the Elasticity of Identity Theory, this workshop equips leaders to:
  • Stay resilient without becoming emotionally closed.
  • Lead with grit without sacrificing connection.
  • Sustain identity, purpose, and peak performance over the long term.
Participants will receive two books, a workbook, and multiple self-assessments—including the “Elasticity Index”—to deepen their personal and professional practice.
Rust is not something to fear. It can be managed, healed, and integrated. Through elasticity, leaders transform rust into renewal and sustain both strength and humanity in their leadership journey.
 Workshop ExperienceIntroduction: The Elastic Badge
  • Framing rust as a natural part of leadership.
  • Overview of Elasticity of Identity Theory.
  • Review of key findings from the Elasticity of Identity National Study.
Elasticity of Identity in Law Enforcement Leadership
  • Recognizing leadership drift and identity fatigue.
  • Personal agency and self-regulation in high-stakes environments.
  • Understanding how elasticity protects purpose and prevents burnout.
The Three Dimensions of Leadership
  • COMPASS: Building social connection and relational leadership.
  • ARMOR: Developing inner resilience without emotional isolation.
  • MISSION: Sustaining purpose, fulfillment, and professional impact.
The Leadership Spiral and Pulse
  • The phased progression of leadership growth.
  • The continuous rhythm of renewal and elasticity.
De-Rusting Rituals and Habits
  • Small Positive Incremental Changes Over Time (SPICOT) as a framework for daily renewal.
  • Creating personalized “de-rusting” routines.
  • Building organizational rituals that sustain resilience at the agency level.
Key Takeaways and Leadership Commitments
  • Recognize and manage leadership rust before it undermines identity, purpose, and performance.
  • Adopt a sustainable definition of grit that blends strength with openness and elasticity.
  • Apply daily leadership practices to stay agile, connected, and mission-driven.
  • Leave with concrete strategies for embedding renewal and resilience into your agency’s culture.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will:
  • Understand how to recognize and manage leadership rust before it corrodes performance.
  • Develop a modern definition of grit that balances toughness with openness, resilience, and connection.
  • Apply elasticity principles, SPICOT, and personalized rituals to sustain leadership identity and agency culture.
This session supports your agency’s macro vision: Together in Service. It provides actionable strategies to sustain leaders, strengthen teams, and foster cultures that thrive over the long game of leadership in policing.
  • When

October 28 8:30 AM - October 29 5:00 PM UTC-5

  • Where

DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE 100 19th Street NW East Wenatchee, WA 98802

50 LAWS OF RUSTIC LEADERSHIP

50 Laws of Rustic Leadership - Hoover Police Department - October 21, 2026

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50 Laws of RUSTIC Leadership Workshop: Harnessing Weathered Strength to Lead with
Fortitude and Confidence

 

The 50 Laws of RUSTIC Leadership Workshop is a highly interactive, one-day leadership
development opportunity designed to help participants turn their lived experiences into
purposeful leadership capacity.

 

Rather than correcting weaknesses, the workshop focuses on how adversity, difficult decisions,
service, and reflection can build resilient leaders capable of sustained excellence.

 

Learning Approach

 

Participants learn through guided reflection, facilitated discussion, leadership assessments, and
practical exercises. These activities help them strengthen resilience, maintain perspective,
improve culture, and lead with authenticity, confidence, humility, and wisdom.

 

Practical Outcomes

 

The workshop helps participants recognize how competing priorities, high tempo, personnel
challenges, and stress can lead to leadership drift.
Participants leave with practical tools to manage leadership drift and a personalized development
plan they can apply immediately. These resources support both immediate effectiveness and
continued growth toward becoming MAGNUS Leaders.

 

Intended Audience

 

The 50 Laws of RUSTIC Leadership Workshop is designed for leaders and professionals in
public safety, government, corporate, and community settings.
The workshop is especially relevant for:
  •  Command staff, supervisors, and public safety executives
  •  Emerging leaders preparing for greater responsibility
  •  Government leaders and agency administrators
  •  Professional staff, corporate leaders, and community leaders
  • When

Wednesday, November 18 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM UTC-6

  • Where

Frank and Pam Barefield Training Center 850 Municipal Dr, Hoover, AL 35216

  • Host

Hoover Police Department

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #37 Command & Staff Leadership Program Orange Beach PD and Baldwin County Sheriff, AL January 11- January 22, 2027

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Sponsored by:  Orange Beach PD and Baldwin County Sheriff, AL

 

Residency location:  4985 Heron Pointe Wharf Parkway, Orange Beach, AL 36561

 

Credit Type:  6 hours, Graduate-Level, College Transfer

 

ACE Course Number:  0001 – National Registry 
  • Online portion:  February 16, 2026 – December 31, 2026 (240 hours self-paced)
  • Residency portion: January 11 – 22, 2027  (80 hours in person)
Registration: $4950 (Early registration discounted price – $4450 – Register by June 1, 2026)

 

Group Discounts:  2-3 students $4,750, 4+ students $4,550

 

Registration closes October 1, 2026
  • When

January 11, 2027 - January 22, 2027 UTC-6

  • Where

Orange Beach PD and Baldwin County Sheriff Alabama 4985 HERON POINTEWHARF PARKWAY, ORANGE BEACH, AL 36561

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #38 - Command and Staff Leadership Program – Seminole County Sheriff, Sanford, FL Residency March 1-12, 2027

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Command and Staff Leadership Program

 

Sponsored by: Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Dennis Lemma
Credit Type:  6 hours, Graduate-Level, College Transfer
ACE Course Number:  0001 – National Registry
Online portion is open: July 17, 2026 – February 19, 2027
Residency portion: March 1-12, 2027
Location: Seminole County Sheriff’s Professional Development Center, 2772 Depot Avenue, Sanford, FL

 

Special SCHOLARSHIP Registration Pricing:
  • 1 Student – $2,995 each
  • 2 Students – $2,895 each
  • 3 Students – $2,795 each
  • 4+ Students – $2,695 each
Registration Closes: November 20, 2026

 

Total Seats ~ 50
  • When

March 1, 2027 - March 12, 2027 UTC-6

  • Host

Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Dennis Lemma

COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #39 – Command and Staff Leadership Program – East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA April 12-23, 2027

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We are delighted to bring this East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, LA sponsored and Nationally Accredited Graduate Level Command and Leadership Program to the East Baton Rouge, IN. 

 

The Command & Staff Program will prepare you as part of the vanguard of today’s professional policing leaders. You will learn practical skills and tools to succeed in an ever-changing dynamic environment.

 

The class focuses on effectively resolving the challenges of an accomplished career. This session of your professional development is a blended learning experience of on-line and classroom instruction complemented to enhance your learning.

 

Graduates of the program will leave with new colleagues, a diverse array of faculty from which the student can continue to consult, and ways to act ahead of change to create an optimistic future for law enforcement and the communities they serve.

 

The long-term goal of the program is to add to the leadership skill sets of each participant; it is also to contribute to the body of knowledge of law enforcement through the completion of significant foresight-based research.
  • Leadership principles required to inspire and influence the future direction of the agency.
  • Strategies and tactics to identify emerging issues and provide a proactive response to deliver results with confidence.
  • Advanced hand-on tools, skills and knowledge necessary to anticipate and prepare for the future success.
  • Fundamental and necessary working methods and benefits of sharing information.
  • Use of teams and stakeholders in problem solving for better outcomes.
The core focus on the topic* selected for capstone will be one that can be approached in one of two ways:
  • The student can select a significant issue affecting law enforcement and their communities today which are having a significant impact, and for which there are no easy answers. These issues are commonly referred to as “wicked problems” and can range from something affecting one’s own agency, the state or region of that agency, or the larger profession. The focus of the research would then be to clearly define not only the symptoms and problems associated with the issue, but its underlying causes. Using that data, foresight tools and concepts will be used to identify emerging issues (technologies, social movements, political action, etc.) that may affect that issue.
  • The second approach would be to identify a significant emerging issue of relevance to the future of law enforcement. The scope of the research can be how an issue might affect a function in policing, an agency size or type, or a specific issue the agency will encounter as a result of the emerging issue’s impact. This research would start from the “outside-in” and scan the horizon for what may be next, rather than focusing on what is already here, and then devising strategies to mitigate adverse outcomes
  • The students in programs with capstone will select a topic for research and then learn the tools and concepts they will use to complete the Futures Portfolio.
The course graduates will receive a National Command & Staff College diploma and a MAGNUS CENTURION Neck or Chest Green color Ribbon Medallion.

 

With this, the graduates become a member of the MAGNUS CENTURION Network for enhanced networking and future re-training and development.
  • When

April 12, 2027 8:30 AM - April 23, 2027 4:30 PM UTC-5

  • Where

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office 2805 Lt. General Benjamin Davis Baton Rouge, LA 70807

  • Host

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office & Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux

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COMMAND & STAFF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Session #40 – Command and Staff Leadership Program – Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Pueblo, CO – Residency August 2 -13, 2027

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Command and Staff Leadership Program
(LCS-IAPS) Session #40

 

Sponsored by Sheriff David J. Lucero and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office

 

Credit Type:  6 hours, Graduate-Level, College Transfer

 

ACE Course Number:  0001 – National Registry

 

Location: Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office administration building, 101 W 10th Street, Pueblo CO 81003

 

Group Discounts:  2-3 students $4750, 4+ students $4,550

 

Online Portion: July 15, 2026 – July 23, 2027 [240 hours self-paced]

 

Residency Portion:  August 2 -13, 2027 [80 hours in-person]

 

Total Seats ~ 40
Registration: $4,950 (Early registration discounted price is $4,750 if you register by November 1, 2026)
Group Discounts:  2-3 students $4750, 4+ students $4,550
Registration Closes: April 1, 2027
  • When

August 2, 2027 - August 13, 2027 UTC-5

  • Where

Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office administration building 101 W 10th Street, Pueblo CO 81003

  • Host

Sheriff David J. Lucero and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office

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