Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Personal Growth

This 2-day course presents the supervisor with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire and emergency medical services (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.

Students must have substantial involvement in fire prevention and control, emergency medical services, fire-related emergency management activities or aligned professions.

Instructor: Deputy Chief Chris Heppel, Eugene Springfield Fire

Questions? Contact [email protected]

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