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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations W0522

Training Specialist


Ed Kensler
301-447-1158

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://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_0522.pdf PDF 109KB
Course Syllabus: https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0522.pdf PDF 109KB

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

Interested in attending a State or National Weekend Program course?

Apply online
Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP
April 27 - 28, 2024 Emmitsburg, Maryland
James A. Graves
Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2078
jgraves@smccme.edu
James E Roy
Deputy Director
Maine Fire Service Institute
207-844-2076
jroy2@smccme.edu
Paul Froman
Maine State Weekend Coordinator
Southern Maine Community College
207-741-5897
pfroman@smccme.edu
CCP
June 8 - 9, 2024 Emmitsburg, Maryland
Todd Dyche
Coordinator
MFRI
301-729-0431
tdyche@mfri.org
CCP