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Tier Talk: How transformational leadership can be applied to corrections

Those who are correctional leaders need to recognize the importance of motivation and the key role it plays in employee morale


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What is Transformational leadership? How can that be applied to Corrections? Corrections has evolved and those who are leaders need to recognize the importance of motivation and the key role it plays in employee morale.

Today, on Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi sits down with Michael Pittaro, Ph.D candidate to discuss the importance of transformational leadership and how it can play it’s part in corrections.

Michael Pittaro, Ph.D. (candidate) is an assistant professor of criminal justice at American Military University and adjunct professor of criminal justice at East Stroudsburg University. He is a 27-year criminal justice veteran, highly experienced in working with criminal offenders in a variety of settings. Pittaro has lectured in higher education for the past 14 years while also serving as an author, editor, and subject matter expert. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in public safety/criminal justice at Capella University’s School of Public Safety Leadership.

Tier Talk, hosted by Corrections1 columnist Anthony Gangi, features interviews with industry experts, conversations about hot topics and pressing issues, and offers lessons to new staff and old about the evolving and ever-changing field of corrections.
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