Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (0521)
Course Hours: 12.0 Hours
Course Description
This course prepares firefighters, EMS, and other public safety officers to better understand and respond to adaptive challenges (where the solution is unknown and/or requires significant change). Topics include: Adaptive Leadership Model, Adaptive Versus Technical Challenges, Relationship Between Authority and Leadership, Functions of Authority, The Authorizing Environment, Compromisers of Authority, Reaction-to-Change, Resilience to Change, Change Models, Structural Model, Personal & Psychological Model, and Bridges? Transition Model.
Who Should Attend
This course is primarily intended for firefighters and other public safety officers who are front-line supervisors (Company Officers), managers (Chief Officers), or in other positions of authority to influence practices or policies within their agency.
Special Notes
Application For FEMA Credit: In addition to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) application process, students are eligible to also apply for a training certificate from The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) / National Fire Academy (NFA) for completing this course. To apply for FEMA / NFA credit, students will need to use their FEMA student ID and apply through the following online process (students may need to press Ctrl with their cursor over the link): https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx The online FEMA 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 students not receiving FEMA 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. Students will receive an email with their SID. Save this number in a secure location. Use the SID in place of the SSN.
| Name | Start Date | End Date | Location | Time | Course Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (0521) | 09/23/2026 | 09/24/2026 | GPSTC, FORSYTH | 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. | TBA | Coming Soon |