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Wildland Leadership Flashcards

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Leadership is?

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The art of influencing people in order to achieve a result. It’s the most essential element in Wildland fire service

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Leading guide serves what purpose?

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Defines leadership
Universal set of values and principals to guide actions
A reference leadership development curriculum

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Wildland leadership values and principles

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Duty
Respect
Integrity

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What do fire leaders do?

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Bring order to the chaos, improve our peoples lives, and strengthen our organization. Develop subordinates for the future.

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Art of leadership requires

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Interchange of theory and application.
View the larger picture
Turn weakness into a strength.
Determine what is and what is not in our control
Balance danger and opportunity to find ways to gain the advantage
Balance factors in the real world to achieve a successful outcome

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Earnist tippin

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Could have escaped fire but instead looked out for his men

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4 elements of the leadership environment

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1st you who is ultimately responsible for all actions and results
2nd your people
3rd the situation and it’s unique variables that influence the leader I.e objectives, conditions, resources available, organizational influences.
4th the consequences

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Decentralized command

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Empowering subordinates leaders to make decisions based on the understanding of the leaders vision for success

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Command climate

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Refers to the environment within the influence of a particular leader or chain of command. Should strive for an environment based on trust. Subordinates can feel comfortable bringing stuff up.

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Command presence

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How we present ourselves to others.
A myriad of personnel attributes and behaviors the communicates to others that we are worthy or their trust and respect. Simply character and demeanor- calm organized focused on success.

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Communication

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primary tool for establishing an effective command climate. foundation of trust is built upon it.

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leaders of people

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accept responsibility for their actions and teams actions. place team ahead of themselves, demonstrates trustworthiness,techinical skills and instills values of the org in their team

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leaders of leaders

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more challenging due to gap of the leader and led. must confidently communicate intent and delegate responsibility.

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command philosophy

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supports the way we manage inc. By generating effective decision making and practicing de centralized command because of incident unpredictable nature.

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Duty accomplishing the mission we seek and accept the duty to lead. By?

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mastering our jobs
sound and timely decisions
ensuring tasks can be done and accomplished
fostering spirit of duty in subordinates

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bias for action
how to implement it

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sometimes you might be the only one that sees whats happening and makes it happen time might not permit asking for permission before the opportunity is lost.
Use judgement
act within the intent of their leaders
work in unison with others
develop and communicate the plan
inform leaders of actions as soon as safely possible.

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Operational tempo

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speed and intensity of our actions relative to the speed and intensity of the unfolding events.
Plan,prepare execute
also need to know when to slow down and why
must constantly monitor the changing environment and adjust

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when operational tempo changes….

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most vulnerable to accidents and errors

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Making sound and timely decisions

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asses the situation
seek out relevant info
weigh options
make judgments
initiate action

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Situation awareness cycle

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Decison making cycle

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We provide leaders intent why?

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So people closest to the scene of action can adapt plans and exercise initiative to accomplish the objective when unanticipated opportunities arise or when the original plan no longer suffices.

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Leaders intent

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Task- what is the objective Purpose- why the assignment needs to be done End state- how the situation should look when the assignment is completed

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End state at the incident level

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Values at risk within the context of the standing incident priorities. Life property natural resources and management goals. Within this leaders can develop plans that include incident objectives, Priorities, strategies, trigger points, and contingency plans

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Intent guides action linear process

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Establish end state refine Set objectives update Develop strategy adjust Select tactics adapt Implement action evaluate

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Command and control

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We apply the principals of command and control to reach the leaders end state. Fire leaders employ it by putting plans in place, leaders intent, making decisions, and directing people to action. (Command) solicit feedback of the situation and results of the action. (Control)

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Situational leadership

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Being able to select the most effective leadership tool in a given situation

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Position, reward, or discipline power have less real influence on others What type of powers have far greater effects on followers?

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Expert power and respect power

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Paul Gleason said good leaders…

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A good leader inspires their people to have a sense of confidence in themselves.

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What happens in a learning organization

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Leaders treat honest mistakes as opportunities to do better next time. Understand failing is part of learning. Establish a climate in which young leaders are motivated by succeeding rather then fear of failure.

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What style leadership for inexperienced people?

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Directing

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Setting and achieving standards steps What’s it do?

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Leaders establish standards Train to them Provide resources to achieve them Helps people develop technical and personal competency enabling them to grow

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Developing our people for the future

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Setting and achieving standards Mentoring

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Duty ?

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How we value our job. Be proficient Make sound and timely decisions Ensure tasks are understood, supervised and accomplished Develop people for the future

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Respect

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Taking care of your people Looking out for their well being Understanding what motivates them

36
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Taking care of your people

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First in last out

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Leaders alleviate the effects of stress by?

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Understanding our own stress reactions Monitoring and preventing stress buildup Encouraging team members to watch out for each other’s stress reaction

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Keeping people informed

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Creates a command climate that fosters appropriate initiative by subordinates

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Five communication responsibilities

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Brief Debrief Acknowledge and understand messages Communicate hazards to others Ask if you don’t know

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Situational communication

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Selects the appropriate communication tools given the people and situation involved.

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Building a cohesive team

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Trust Healthy conflict Commitment Peer accountability Team results Resilience

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Fostering resilience in the team

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Establishing expectations Clear leaders intent Defining roles and responsibilities Tracking situation status Developing contingency plans

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Respect

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Know your subordinates and look out for their well being Keep your subordinates informed Build the team Employ subordinates in accordance with their capabilities

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Seeking and accepting responsibility for our actions

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Full responsibility for poor team performance Credit subordinates for good performance Keep superiors informed

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Steps to build our character

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Knowing our values Admitting when we are wrong Reflecting on our actions Finding role models Studying leaders and leadership

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Moral courage

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Difficult right Over the easy wrong Look for causes not scapegoats

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Integrity

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Know yourself and seek improvement Seek responsibility for your actions Set the example

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