Toxic Leadership & Emotional Intelligence with Bill McAuliffe

Toxic Leadership & Emotional Intelligence with Bill McAuliffe

January 31, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 19

About this episode

Bill McAuliffe discusses the impact of toxic leadership on law enforcement and the importance of emotional intelligence and resilience.

The truth most of us only whisper: the job can break your body before it breaks your badge. From Coast Guard beginnings to SWAT and command, Bill McAuliffe walks us through toxic leadership, a federal civil rights fight, and the day a doctor said returning to work might end his life. What follows isn’t a simple solution, but it’s the blueprint for resilience that more departments need to teach and more officers deserve to practice. We explore how mindfulness-based stress reduction and men’s ...

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