Ward Clapham
Ward Clapham is the author of Lead Big: Discovering the Upside of Unconventional Leadership and also Breaking with the Law: The Story of Positive Tickets. The foreword of both books is written by Dr. Stephen R. Covey the author of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Superintendent Ward Clapham is a 28-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the third largest detachment in Canada, and a diverse multicultural community within the Metro Vancouver area. Ward’s detachment has been celebrated as one of the most progressive police organizations in Canada. His unshakable vision created new paradigms of leadership within the traditional command-and-control environment of policing. More than 53 countries from around the world have studied his leadership approach to policing, and his model has been championed by government and private institutions as the key to successful community safety and public reassurance. Ward’s leadership approach has been featured in D. Michael Abrashoff’s book, Get Your Ship Together—How Great Leaders Inspire Ownership from the Keel Up. A documentary film created by FranklinCovey Co. chronicles the success of Richmond’s proactive policing. And Ward’s work has been told in a Reader’s Digest magazine article titled, “Something Positive for a Change.”
