Show Notes:

Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams examines the TNT original series (2005-2012) that starred Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. Cynthia puts her leadership professor hat on to highlight the character’s personal and professional growth of the first four seasons. Brenda Leigh Johnson’s career path and approach to solving and closing cases conflicted with the L.A. Police Department culture in the early seasons. Johnson’s team dynamic evolves, as does she. Cynthia tracks key plot arcs that challenge the status quo as well as ethical pursuit of justice.

Resource: The Leadership Challenge by William Kouzes and Barry Posner

Brenda Leigh Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, LAPD Major Crimes Division, TNT original programming, The Closer, police culture, law enforcement culture, interrogation tactics, women law enforcement leader, woman police leader, Law & Order SVU, Olivia Benson, the Tiara syndrome, police woman, Pepper Anderson, Angie Dickinson