User:Brett Wuth/Working Notes/2014-05-06 leadership training plan

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Objectives

  • TL should ask early about medical conditions of team members (2013-02-23 Mock/Critque/Sug/0022)
  • difference between operational and non-operational situation
  • principles of ICS, chain of command
  • Travelling to the site of a search organized by another team.
    • Who's over-all in charge?
    • What are the responsibilities?
  • Working/integrating with other teams
  • Difficulties in the Field
    • Belligerent searcher
      • local insists on searching outside of the area
      • how does the team leader handle?
    • what are the problems of challenging the person in charge?
    • what do you risk?
    • when is it appropriate to challenge the person in charge?
    • what are ways of handling it?
    • The team leader becomes sick
    • How do you transfer charge?
    • Communications with Overhead Team fails
    • Who is in charge?
    • How to transfer no formal transfer of charge?
  • being visibly in-charge
  • leadership is just one view into team dynamics
  • being a good team member creates good leadership
  • be clear on what the decision is
    • spectrum of clarity: "I think we should", "let's", "I've decided"
  • encourage team problem solving
  • If you must get critical, don't get personal. Talk about the problem, not the person. article: Tips for Team Leaders by Alan Sheehan
  • A good Team Leader is the start of making a good team; but equally, a good team is the start of making a good Team Leader.

Resources

To do

  • (done) Review related training suggestions
  • (done) Read all resource material
  • Read text book material on leadership
    • (done) PCSAR wiki
    • (done) RRTL
    • check for other manuals I may have
  • Identify training objectives
  • search for videos

Format

options

  • lecture
  • video
  • role playing
  • group discussion