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Filters: Leadership and Executive Development
2-day on-campus
New Fire Chief: Contemporary Issues (W0762)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

New or recently appointed or elected fire chiefs can develop the managerial and leadership skills, and gain awareness of contemporary issues, necessary to meet their obligations now and in the future.


6/22/2024 - 6/23/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 2 more

2-day on-campus
New Fire Chief: Administrative Issues (W0761)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

New or recently appointed or elected chiefs can learn the crucial managerial, administrative and leadership skills and awareness necessary to successfully meet the obligations of the position.


7/13/2024 - 7/14/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

2-day on-campus
New Fire Chief: Challenging Issues (W0760)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Understand the critical knowledge and resources and learn the essential skills necessary for assuming the responsibilities of a fire chief, including local politics and liability and risk management.


8/3/2024 - 8/4/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success (W0648)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can learn leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire/EMS environment, including professionalism, resilience, emotional intelligence and situational awareness.


7/13/2024 - 7/14/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 2 more

2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (W0647)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can gain a conceptual foundation for success in leadership roles by exploring creative, analytical, political and critical thinking perspectives, such as fostering creativity and innovation.


7/20/2024 - 7/21/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 6 more

2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (W0646)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can learn the basic leadership skills and tools needed for effective performance in the fire/EMS environment, including adaptive leadership, change management and effective communication.


4/27/2024 - 4/28/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Canceled

+ 2 more

2-day on-campus
Shaping the Future (W0602)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

First- and second-level supervisors and company officers: Develop the skills for organizational problem-solving, including implementing change and continuous improvement within organizations.


7/20/2024 - 7/21/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Canceled

+ 3 more

2-day on-campus
Executive Skill Series: Exercising Leadership Ethically (W0523)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Learn how to recognize ethical dilemmas, apply a decision model to resolve those dilemmas, render ethical decisions, and defend the resulting decisions that were made to resolve these dilemmas.


7/20/2024 - 7/21/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

2-day on-campus
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations (W0522)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Gain the skills for participating in difficult conversations by learning to effectively engage in those conversations as they relate to exercising leadership when addressing adaptive challenges.


4/27/2024 - 4/28/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 1 more

2-day on-campus
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (W0521)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

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).


7/13/2024 - 7/14/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 1 more

2-day on-campus
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Within Communities (W0520)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Gain an understanding of a variety of ideas, peoples and cultures and the skills for effective leadership when confronting adaptive challenges presented by diverse internal and external communities.


6/29/2024 - 6/30/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 5 more

6-day on-campus
Effective Communications for Fire and EMS Success (R1000)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Learn the theories, skills and practices of effective verbal and written communication essential to managing organizational, operational and crisis situations. Also covered: barriers to communication.


None scheduled