Overview
This engaging webinar series is designed for leaders navigating organizational change, such as technology transitions, within their crime labs. These brief 30-minute webinars - crafted for the busy crime laboratory leader - feature real-world examples from forensic science laboratories and beyond, delivering actionable insights to equip attendees with tools for leading through complexity.
Effective change requires skillful leadership to ensure smooth adaptation while maintaining trust, morale, and productivity. Participants will explore key aspects of change leadership, including communication strategies that foster transparency and trust. Sessions will address the importance of emotional intelligence in understanding and managing team dynamics during a transition. Leaders will also learn how to build the right team by identifying and leveraging individual strengths to ensure alignment with the goals of the organization.
This series highlights methods to sustain morale, even in the face of uncertainty, while adopting principles of transformational leadership to guide the organization toward a shared vision. Join in to sharpen your leadership skills and drive impactful change in your laboratory.
Webinars
Behind the Evidence: Supporting Mental Health and Morale
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Cheryl Carreiro
This webinar will cover ideas and strategies to enhance morale among staff in forensic laboratory units. Positive mental health among team members not only fosters a supportive and productive work environment but also increases the overall quality and efficiency of operations. Participants will learn practical approaches to address common workplace stressors, improve communication, and promote resilience within their teams. By prioritizing mental health, laboratories can achieve better outcomes while ensuring the well-being of their dedicated professionals.
Effective Leadership Communication: Why it Makes or Breaks Leading Change
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Scanlan
Effective leadership communication plays a vital role in promoting meaningful change within an organization. This presentation explores key principles such as “modeling the way”, “inspiring a shared vision”, and “start with why”. Vision-driven communication requires crime laboratory supervisors to utilize various communication tools while they act as a driving force within the organization, leading their teams to success. The goal of this presentation is to expose attendees to proven concepts that will promote employee satisfaction, motivation, and engagement, as the crime laboratory implements positive organizational change.
Topic: Behavioral Leadership Models & Strategies
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Jeremy Triplett
DISC is a valuable tool in leadership. In this webinar, the presenter will describe DISC theory and behavioral styles and how the tool can be used when leading through change.
Topic: Building a Team - Getting the Right People in the Right Seats
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Jen Naugle
The metaphor “putting the right people in the right seats on the bus” was popularized in Jim Collins’ book Good to Great. In this webinar, participants will learn how to build an effective team by assigning the right people to the right seat.
Topic: Agile Project Management Applications in a Forensic Laboratory Setting
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Ryan Larrison
In this webinar, the presenter will briefly reflect on the transformational leadership practices that can prepare teams to better handle technological onboarding and other changes. The presenter will provide a 10,000-foot view of modern Agile Product Management practices that are used to efficiently and accurately onboard new technologies in any organization, using software implementation as an example.
Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar series has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
All Forensic Technology Center of Excellence live webinars are hosted using Zoom Webinar. Live webinars are archived and posted on our website within two weeks of their airing. Archived webinars do not require access to the Zoom platform.
The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar series are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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