Ward Clapham

Former Police Chief, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Author of "Breaking With the Law: The Story of Unconventional Tickets" and "Lead Big: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership."

British Columbia, Canada
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Author, Business, Business Consulting, Business Growth, Corporate Culture, Corporate Strategy, Human Resources, Leadership, Motivational, Personal Growth, Strategic Leadership
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Ward Clapham Biography

For 30 years, Ward Clapham worked and served in one of the most stressful and demanding public arenas—law enforcement. When he took command of the third largest Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Canada, located in Richmond, B.C., the organization ran like most bureaucracies—heavy command-and-control management and strict adherence to the status quo. As with previous leadership assignments, Clapham didn’t believe in staying in the box. He and his teams took calculated chances, made mistakes, and forged new paths where others feared to tread. Though difficult at times, Clapham’s unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional environment of policing, not to mention that crime and community problems were significantly decreased. Public and private organizations face similar challenges: how to successfully break with ineffective paradigms, practices and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo. Clapham’s inspiring stories define and describe the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command-and-control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. He challenges leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement.

One of his successful Richmond initiatives is the topic of his first book, "Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets." It has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles, a FranklinCovey feature film, and in Reader’s Digest magazine. His second book, "Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership" defines and describes the paradigm shift needed to move away from the command and control style of managing people toward a more proactive, unleashing of talent. His own inspiring stories and results coupled with scientific research, anecdotes, quotes, and historical accounts lead to powerful break-with insights in each chapter applicable for leaders in all areas of the public and private sectors.

Lead Big will inspire leaders to think again about the effectiveness of their current methods and established rules of engagement. Explore how Clapham and his team adjusted to keep the organization proactive, flexible, and innovative within a constantly changing landscape. Learn how he rooted advanced leadership principles into previously rigid police cultures, and how those principles are now being adapted throughout the world. Discover how he was able to successfully "break with the law" within a command-and-control structure. "Lead BIG: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership" is an inspiring journey of discovery with one of Canada's top cops as he relates tales of confronting and combating the status quo to generate positive change.

Clapham has also been featured in several books including Dr. Stephen R. Covey's book, The 3rd Alternative, Michael Abrashoff's book, "Get Your Ship Together," Stephen M.R. Covey's book, "Smart Trust," and Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's 5th edition of "The Leadership Challenge."

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 12/16/2024.

Ward Clapham Speaking Topics

  • Culture

    Its that somewhat nebulous, always pressing presence in every organizationculture. You know its important for morale, for the customer experience, and for driving profits. But how do you change something that often feels like a fog?

    Author, speaker, and former Canadian Mountie and Chief of Police, Ward Clapham, shares powerful insights into the myths and realities of changing an organizations culture. Using gut-wrenching examples from the colorful world of policing, Ward outlines effective ways for focusing on cultural issues that hold many organizational back from reaching peak performance. You will be inspired to action as Ward shares the avant-garde methods he used to break his teams out of ineffective practices and forge into better territory.

    After serving 30 years in a highly entrenched cultural environmentlaw enforcementWards unbelievable results prove that any leader wields the power to transform culture for the better

  • Leading in the Knowledge Worker Age: Social Media - a Real Game Changer

    During this keynote presentation and Q & A, the participant will learn about how social media is dramatically changing how we work, build relationships, interact with one another, and finally, exercise leadership.

    They will discover how the ease, speed, depth and breadth of communications today is a real game changer for business leaders. The old command and control style is being seriously challenged by more collaborative servant leadership techniques and methods. Participants will explore how this shift is fundamentally about culture change. And that type of transformational change

    • which may include updating business practices

    • must come from the top. But more than a top-down dictum, it's got to be part of the essence of a business leader today.

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Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets
Breaking With the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets

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Ward Clapham is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Culture, Leading in the Knowledge Worker Age: Social Media - a Real Game Changer, The Positive Ticket Principle and Breaking With the Law: Lead Big - Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership. The estimated speaking fee range to book Ward Clapham for your event is available upon request. Ward Clapham generally travels from British Columbia, Canada and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Peter Sheahan, Tom Morris, Patrick Lencioni, Marcus Buckingham and Michael Gelb. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Ward Clapham for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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