Location: Middlebury Fire Station
Date: January 27 & 28, 2018
Registration deadline: December 12, 2017
Time: 0800 - 1600
Register by submitting a General Admission Application to the Vermont Fire Academy by the deadline indicated above.
Course description: This two-day course presents the supervisory with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire service environment. The course includes concepts related to a successful transition to supervisory and leadership roles, including concepts of adaptive leadership; change management; active followership; effective communication, including difficult conversations and advocacy-inquiry based dialogue; ethics; authority; power; decision-making; and active engagement through development of a personal plan.