May
19
Here's a very short blog for you with some very simple tips that you can introduce to your board preparation straight away. Loads of bang for you buck here. 1. Make Eye Contact Sounds really obvious right, but it's often not done well by officers. A little bit of eye...
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Feb
16
Many police officers across the UK have experienced a notable change in the format of their Force promotion processes over the last few years. This follows introduction of the College of Policing National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF), which replaced the Policing Professional Framework (PPF) Personal Qualities or local equivalents. Despite...
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Nov
26
Promotion preparation is hard, you don’t need us to tell you that. It may be many years since you have studied for anything, so you may not be in the groove of how to be as effective as you can be when you are studying. Many officers I speak with...
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Nov
01
After a few weeks of overindulging and a lack of exercise, I’ve been feeling pretty sluggish and maybe not as mentally ‘sharp’ as usual (although many I know would argue that’s never the case). And, looking at the bselectedpolice twitter feed, it its clear to me that often officers’ diets...
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Oct
11
Take a look at the definition of simplicity below: The contradiction here though is simplicity is not simple. Keeping or making things simple is hard – it’s much easier to do what you have always done. Making things simple takes commitment and energy to do and complexity can...
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Oct
06
A promotion process can never be said to be a relaxing time. Even the best prepared candidates will have a degree of stress as they face their process and, for many, it can be completely debilitating. I’ve spoken to numerous candidates over the years who have pulled out of a...
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Sep
27
At bselectedpolice we have been delivering expert coaching on how to smash your promotion and selection processes for over 9 years (and for over 20 years in a corporate environment). It’s fair to say we know what we are doing. Over the years we have refined our message and way...
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Sep
07
Have you got an interview, board or assessment centre approaching in the near future? The chances are then that you are you receiving lots of conflicting advice from just about everyone you talk to, which usually serves to compound your confusion and ramps up your stress levels. Over the last...
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Jun
07
On the 20th of June Ben and I are both competing in the Nottingham Outlaw Triathlon – consisting of a 1.9K Swim, 90K Bike ride and 21K run. I fully expect to batter Ben 😇 and will report back here… It’s been a tough few months of training; having to...
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Apr
06
Over the 9 years or so that we have been successfully coaching and helping officers ‘b the best they can be’ at their boards, one thing usually is apparent – that they leave their promotion board preparation as late as possible. This is in stark contrast to the time and...
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