L280 - Followership to Leadership

Reviewed: 2003     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, and ethical decision-making.

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 be qualified as any single resource boss.

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Experience on incident assignments in operations or support functions.
Human Factors on the Fireline (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 9-18-2008.

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