Compliance Without Change: A Missed Opportunity in Supervision
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SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop
What happens when supervision substitutes for transformation? In this powerful main stage session, Dr. Kendall L. Taylor shares his 17-year journey on probation—during which he was never mandated to participate in any behavior-changing development. Instead of accountability, he was offered compliance. Instead of healing, he mastered loopholes. Now the founder of Salute1st, one of the nation’s most effective behavioral training models for justice-impacted individuals, Dr. Taylor presents a bold call to shift probation from a system of monitoring to one of mobilizing. With real-world insights and evidence-based solutions, this session explores what’s possible when behavioral architecture, emotional leadership, and reentry innovation collide—and how agencies can move beyond documentation to true transformation.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Kendall L. Taylor
CEO, Salute 1st, LLC


Dr. Kendall L. Taylor is a nationally recognized voice in criminal justice reform, behavioral transformation, and leadership development for justice-impacted populations. After serving 17 years on probation without a single behavioral mandate, Dr. Taylor transformed his lived experience into one of the most dynamic reentry models in the nation. He is the Founder & CEO of Salute1st, LLC®, a trademarked leadership and emotional development program designed to reduce recidivism by addressing the root causes of criminogenic behavior. A two-time gunshot survivor and former drug dealer, Dr. Taylor's life is a testament to transformation, perseverance, and purpose. Today, his organization partners with corrections departments, schools, major corporations and reentry programs across the country—delivering culturally responsive, trauma-informed curriculum that activates leadership from the inside out. He has received numerous national awards, been featured on magazine covers, and is an alumnus of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Executive Program. His signature approach to perspective realignment, emotional mastery, and behavioral accountability is changing lives—both behind and beyond the wall. Whether speaking to justice officials or system-impacted youth, Dr. Taylor stands as proof: true rehabilitation starts with rebuilding the human spirit.