Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations (F522)

Course Hours: 12.0 Hours

Course Description

This course provides knowledge and skills for having difficult conversations to exercise leadership in addressing adaptive challenges. The goal of this course is for the participant to identify and apply skills for having difficult conversations as they relate to exercising leadership when addressing adaptive challenges.

Prerequisites

NOTE: Participants should be minimally assigned to supervisory level position, e.g. company officer

Who Should Attend

The primary target audience is fire and emergency service personnel in positions of authority (executive level officers) who have an opportunity to exercise leadership.

Special Notes


The National Fire Academy does not utilize Social Security Numbers on their registration form; this form is in addition to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center application process. The National Fire Academy has transitioned to an online admissions application process and the online application can be found at (you may need to press Ctrl with your cursor over the link): 
https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx

The online application will open the day before the class and be open fourteen days after the class concludes.  Failure to turn in an application will result in not receiving credit for the course.
 
To obtain a SID: 

1. Register at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

2. Select "Need a FEMA SID?" on the right side of the screen. 

3. Follow the instructions to create your account. 

4. You will receive an email with your SID. Save this number in a secure location. Use the SID in place of the SSN.

Start Date End Date Location (Hover for more information) Time Course Number Status
02/24/2025 02/27/2025 Dekalb County Fire Rescue HQ - *Day 1 on 24th *Day 2 on 27th 08:30 a.m. to 05:30 p.m. FFAT25078 Register
04/24/2025 04/25/2025 GPSTC, FORSYTH 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. FFAA25200 Register
05/27/2025 05/30/2025 Dekalb County Fire Rescue HQ - *Day 1 on 27th *Day 2 on 30th 08:30 a.m. to 05:30 p.m. TBA Coming Soon
11/19/2025 11/20/2025 GPSTC, FORSYTH 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. TBA Coming Soon