L280 - Followership to Leadership

Reviewed: 2008     Hours: 16

Course Description:

This training course is designed as a self-assessment opportunity for individuals preparing to step into a leadership role. The course combines one day of classroom instruction followed by a second day in the field with students working through a series of problem solving events in small teams (Field Leadership Assessment Course). Topics include: leadership values and principles, transition challenges for new leaders, situational leadership, team cohesion factors, ethical decision-making , and after action review techniques.

Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of fundamental leadership principles.
• Students will assess their individual traits and motivation for entering into a leadership role.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as a single resource boss.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be qualified as any single resource boss.

Unit instructors must have a supervisory qualification in any ICS function (operations or support).

Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Manager's Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Experience on incident assignments in operations or support functions.
Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service (L-180)
Completion of pre-course work assignment.

Offer Level:
Local

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 6-29-2010.

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