DR. ERIC MURRAY
Trainer
Trainer
Eric is a decorated military and law enforcement veteran with 35 years of professional public safety experience. He has served in the U.S. Army Infantry, a municipal police department and the past 31 years with the Connecticut State Police. He recently retired after serving as the commanding officer of the state police training academy. During his career, Eric has held numerous administrative and operational assignments which has provided the necessary leadership framework for his training programs. Eric has taught leadership and human performance management to hundreds of organizations and thousands of private and public employees across the United States and abroad. He loves what he does!
He holds numerous instructor level certifications with the CT State Police, CT Police Officers Standards of Training (POST) and New England State Police Association (NESPAC). He actively teaches training programs in the areas of leadership, supervision, team building, human performance management, communication, resiliency, diversity, problem solving, and ethical decision making. Eric regularly consults public safety, NGO, and private organizations on strategic planning, organizational climate and culture, and professional development. He deploys a customized leadership climate assessment as a diagnostic for improving organizational excellence. He is a co-author/creator of the Performance Leadership Model. He is a diamond level distributor/trainer in Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. He has authored and published several instructional law enforcement training videos; Police Ground Combat, Police Safety and Survival Volume 1 and 2 that have been distributed to civilian, and military law enforcement organizations within the continental United States and throughout Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Eric is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Session 273. He is the first "civilian" to graduate the USCG Chief Petty Officer Academy in Petaluma, CA where he received the coveted “Spirit of the Chief Award” and honorary title of Chief Petty Officer by the Commandant of the USCG. He is an alumnus of the USCG Academy Senior Leadership Principles Course and Harvard-Kennedy School of Executive Education- Art and Practice of Leadership Development. Eric served as faculty for the U.S. Navy Advanced Management Program (AMP). and is a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy and Command College on topics of leadership analytics, leading at risk employees, and psychological capital (PsyCap). Eric holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) from the University of Hartford; M.S., Organizational Leadership; B.A., Communication. He is a life-long learner and his research focused on "Psychological Capital: Public Safety Leadership Strategies to Mitigate Traumatic Incident Stress Among Police Officers."
He holds numerous instructor level certifications with the CT State Police, CT Police Officers Standards of Training (POST) and New England State Police Association (NESPAC). He actively teaches training programs in the areas of leadership, supervision, team building, human performance management, communication, resiliency, diversity, problem solving, and ethical decision making. Eric regularly consults public safety, NGO, and private organizations on strategic planning, organizational climate and culture, and professional development. He deploys a customized leadership climate assessment as a diagnostic for improving organizational excellence. He is a co-author/creator of the Performance Leadership Model. He is a diamond level distributor/trainer in Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. He has authored and published several instructional law enforcement training videos; Police Ground Combat, Police Safety and Survival Volume 1 and 2 that have been distributed to civilian, and military law enforcement organizations within the continental United States and throughout Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Eric is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Session 273. He is the first "civilian" to graduate the USCG Chief Petty Officer Academy in Petaluma, CA where he received the coveted “Spirit of the Chief Award” and honorary title of Chief Petty Officer by the Commandant of the USCG. He is an alumnus of the USCG Academy Senior Leadership Principles Course and Harvard-Kennedy School of Executive Education- Art and Practice of Leadership Development. Eric served as faculty for the U.S. Navy Advanced Management Program (AMP). and is a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy and Command College on topics of leadership analytics, leading at risk employees, and psychological capital (PsyCap). Eric holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) from the University of Hartford; M.S., Organizational Leadership; B.A., Communication. He is a life-long learner and his research focused on "Psychological Capital: Public Safety Leadership Strategies to Mitigate Traumatic Incident Stress Among Police Officers."