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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations W0522

Training Specialist


Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type


2-day on-campus

Continuing education units


1.4

ACE recommendation


Pending (ACE Review): In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in leadership, human resources or public administration.

Course only available to on-campus weekend program students.

The purpose of this 2-day course is to provide knowledge and skills for having difficult conversations to exercise leadership in addressing adaptive challenges. The goal of this course is for the participant to identify and apply skills for having difficult conversations as they relate to exercising leadership when addressing adaptive challenges.

Pre-course materials and course syllabus

Instructions to download student manual.: https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0522.pdf PDF 179KB
: https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_w0522.pdf PDF 130KB

The primary target audience is fire and emergency service personnel in positions of authority (executive-level officers) who have an opportunity to exercise leadership.

Note: Participants must be minimally assigned to a supervisory-level position (for example, a Company Officer).

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.

Upcoming offerings

Apply online if you are interested in attending a state or national weekend program.
Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP
April 29 - 30, 2023 Emmitsburg, Maryland
Gregory Kirkham
Training and Certification Specialist 1
New Jersey Division of Fire Safety/Office of Training and Certification
609-633-6424
gregory.kirkham@dca.nj.gov
Karen Grant-Haber
Director – Fire Safety Training Program (Kean University)
Kean University Fire Safety Training Program
908-737-3062
kgrant@kean.edu
CCP
July 22 - 23, 2023 Emmitsburg, Maryland
Terri Brooks
Administration Officer
PA State Fire Academy
717-247-3747
tebrooks@pa.gov
CCP