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1. I N T EG R AT E D L EA D E RS H I P A N D C OA C H I N G
CO-CREATING FERGUSON
RELATIONSHIPS & COACHING
PRESENTED BY:
TERRI MCCORMICK
814 BUILDING LEADER CAPACITY

2.  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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 4-POINT LEADERSHIP PLAN
FOCUS 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

6.  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

7. RESULTS OF THE PLEDGES BY
THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL & MISSOURI GOVERNOR?

9. CULTURAL DIVIDE IN FERGUSON
MAJORITY 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

10. Knowledge
Content of
Leadership
Skill Levels
TASK
EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL
IDENTITY
META-
MONITORING
VALUE
ORIENTATION
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (LORD AND HALL, 2005)

11. 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

12. 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

13. A FRAMEWORK FOR
COACHING THE ACS MODEL
RELATIONSHIPS
RAPPORT,
COLLABORATION,
COMMITMENT
DEPTH OF COACHING
BEHAVIORAL
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
CHALLENGE
CREATE
DISEQUILIBRIUM:
OPPORTUNITY FOR
LEARNING AND CHANGE
SUPPORT
IDENTIFY
MOTIVATORS,
RECOGNIZE WINS and
SETBACKS AND
IDENTIFY RESOURCES
AND STRATEGIES
FORMAL
COACHING
LEADER
DEVELOPMENT
Today…
RESULTS
Behavioral
Personal
Learning

14. 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