This is the sixth and final installment of the Career Path series. If you haven’t read parts 1-5, consider starting there. The series is my

If you haven’t listened to our season recap on your favorite podcast platform, here’s a link.  Although I’ll periodically post something here on the blog, there

This is the fifth installment of the Career Path series. If you haven’t read parts 1-4, consider taking a look at those earlier posts. The

This is the fourth installment of the Career Path series. If you haven’t read parts 1-3, you may want to start there. The series is

Remember when you were brand new in your career and it seemed like you could’ve filled the grand canyon with the things you didn’t know?

This is the third installment of the Career Path series. If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2, you may want to start there. The series is my

The average person who works in corrections is not often inspired by the term evidence-based or when shown recidivism statistics in the same way I imagine a

We recognize the importance of mentors in the lives of our clients. Many departments contract with local peer mentor organizations and we often encourage those

This is the second installment of the Career Path series. If you haven’t read part 1, you may want to go back and start there. The series is my

Everyone is familiar with a pros and cons exercise, whether we’ve walked ourselves through the process when we had a difficult decision to make or

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a good thing. It’s good for the people who work in Corrections and for the clients we work with. When implemented the

Not everyone wants to pursue a promotion in this field and there are a lot of good reasons why that might be the case for

Many people in Corrections use a hat as a metaphor for the role(s) of an officer. It’s often referenced when professional responsibilities which appear to

I’ve never been one to wait for the right time to act. If I waited for everything to line up perfectly or to become fully

I  like to pitch ideas to people using the phrase hare-brained as in, “I got this hare-brained idea for a blog…” I use the term to lower expectations