Four levels of leadership
To lead the organisation forward in the evolving operating environment we need individuals who are capable of:
- Creating a compelling vision and engaging people to buy in and commit to that vision
- Leading across boundaries
- Are adaptable within an evolving modern Service
- Utilising high levels of emotional intelligence to support people in achieving the goals of the organisation
- Being in the present, but also horizon scanning
- Promoting and developing distributed leadership (i.e. leadership at all levels)
- Acting as ambassador for learning through both personal practice and creating and sustaining learning organisations
- Embracing inclusion, diversity, innovation, and being open to alternative perspectives
- Demonstrating and promoting compassion for ‘self’ and others, with a focus on improvement and accountability
1. Leading others
Focus on people management, legal and ethical framework and personal leadership skills, personal resilience. e.g., crew/watch managers, first line managers
2. Leading the Service
Focus on developing skills to support and lead corporate change.
3. Leading yourself
Focus on induction and local foundation. Management and staff development modules e.g., firefighters, entry level staff
4. Leading the function
Focus on developing skills for setting direction and vision for the department, monitoring and improving performance and wellbeing e.g., station/group managers, departmental managers
The intention is to devise common specifications for core development modules, based on identified needs, which will be relevant to all managers across the organisation. The ultimate aim of the programme is to make development support available to all managers within a given level. There will be a focus on blended learning which maximises use of different learning methodologies to enhance learning.