Course: Leadership: Creating Environments for Professional Growth
Location: Putney Fire Station
Date: February 15 & 16, 2020
Registration deadline: December 27, 2019
Student minimum: 15 students are needed by the registration deadline (General Admission Application)
Student maximum: 30
Course Description: This two-day course presents the supervisor with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire and EMS 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.