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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change F0521

Training Specialist


Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type


2-day off-campus

Continuing education units


1.1

ACE recommendation


Pending (ACE Review): In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in leadership, management or organizational behavior.

The purpose of this 2-day course is to provide skills that individuals in positions of authority can use to exercise leadership when confronted with adaptive challenges. The goal of this course is for participants to develop an understanding of skills associated with exercising leadership to resolve adaptive problems  those problems where the solution is either unknown or requires significant change, or both.

Pre-course materials and course syllabus

Instructions to Download Student Manual: https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0521.pdf PDF 73KB
Course Syllabus: https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0521.pdf PDF 137KB

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).

Upcoming offerings

Email or call the official under Contact(s) if you are interested in attending a course.
Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP
February 3 - 4, 2024 Juneau, Alaska
Virginia M McMichael
Fire Training Specialist
Division of Fire and Life Safety
907-351-6345
virginia.mcmichael@alaska.gov
Jarvis Schultz
Fire Training Specialist
Division of Fire and Life Safety
907-465-4331
jarvis.schultz@alaska.gov
Rich Etheridge
Fire Chief
Capital City Fire and Rescue
907-586-5322
rich.etheridge@juneau.gov
CCP
February 23 - 24, 2024 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Shari Jacobson
Education Specialist
Wisconsin Technical College System Office
608-266-5859
shari.jacobson@wtcsystem.edu
Angela White
Fire Service Education Director
Wisconsin Technical College System Office
608-266-7289
angela.white@wtcsystem.edu
Christopher Garrison
WSFCA Board
Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association
608-358-9797
cgarrison@cityofsunprairie.com
CCP
March 2 - 3, 2024 Duluth, Minnesota
Jared Rozeboom
Fire Service Specialist
Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division
507-456-0907
jared.rozeboom@state.mn.us
Dan Buchholz
Training Specialist
Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division
612-505-3323
daniel.buchholz@state.mn.us
Tom Kriske
Director
Lake Superior College
218-969-9159
thomas.kriske@lsc.edu
CCP
March 9 - 10, 2024 Brunswick, Maine
James A. Graves
Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2078
jgraves@smccme.edu
James Roy
Deputy Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2076
jroy2@smccme.edu
CCP
September 12 - 13, 2024 Kahului, Hawaii
Gary Lum
Administrative Specialist III
Hawaii State Fire Council
808-723-7169
glum@honolulu.gov
Socrates Bratakos
Administrative Specialist II
Hawaii State Fire Council
808-723-7176
sbratakos@honolulu.gov
Clement Enomoto
Training Captain
County of Maui, Dept of Fire & Public Safety
808-270-5545
C.Enomoto@co.maui.hi.us
CCP