You can try to educate people and put them through as many training courses on becoming a leader as you want, but at the end of the day, there will always be a massive contingency of people that just will not become what is considered to be a truly good leader.

Of course, for people with the ideal temperament to lead others, you can definitely fine-tune and hone these skills further, through courses that deal with leadership development But it is always important to assess an individual's suitability for such a role in the first instance.

If the very idea of becoming a leader fills you with excitement at being able to order people around and get them to do much of the menial work - you are definitely not the right person for managerial positions. Importantly, this factor ought to be recognised far more in the applicants that apply to our police forces too - as far too many people can be power mad and allow their role to go straight to their heads - never a good thing in an individual that joins the police force.

Being a leader is all about leading by example. You should never expect subordinates to undertake a task that you are unwilling to do and you must always deal with people, at any level, with the same amount of respect.

People that are naturally too bossy will always make a poor leader as well; instead, it is all about being able to remain calm under pressure and being totally consistent in what you say and do towards all members of staff.