LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Building for Tomorrow: Program and Courses
The following is a description of the
phases and courses that make up the Public Safety Leadership and Management
Development Program: Building for Tomorrow. The courses are sequential
with the foundations of one phase or course being presented in the preceding
phase or course.
Phase I: Building Personal Effectiveness
This phase focuses on topics related
to the individual. Differences in the way people act and interact and
the implications to leadership are explored.
Course 1: Introduction to Leadership [8 hours]
This course looks at the role of leadership and introduces participants
to Situational Leadership and participative versus directive styles.
Course 2: Understanding and Motivating Others
[8 hours]
Participants familiarize themselves a model to help them understand
individual personality types and then go on to look at what motivates
other people to do what they do.
Course 3: Small Group Behavior [8 hours]
In this program, this is the first step into understanding how
people interact with others in an organizational setting. Groups
are the foundations that organizations are made of. Departments,
committees, and a small gathering of friends are examples of groups.
Successful leaders and managers must understand the importance
of groups in an organization.
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Phase II: Building Team Effectiveness
This phase incorporates bringing individuals
together to accomplish common tasks or goals. The interaction of individuals
within groups and the role of group leaders is examined with an emphasis
on maximizing group effectiveness.
Course 4: Group Dynamics [12 hours]
Conflict management, communicating with others, and other group
processes are investigated with an eye towards how to get a group
to work for or with you.
Course 5: Creative Problem Solving and Goal
Setting [8 hours]
Problems seem to crop up everywhere. There is no end to this
seemingly endless parade. This course provides very practical
models to help you view problems as manageable opportunities to
improve yourself and your organization.
Course 6: Team Building [8 hours]
People are an organization's most valuable assets. You can get
achieve the most from your organization or group by getting them
to work together--as a team. This course gives you a chance to
learn about and practice team building.
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Phase III: Building Organizational
Effectiveness [8 hours]
Quite often, these skills, knowledge,
and practices separate good leaders from great leaders. Many people
in leadership and managerial roles develop interpersonal and group skills,
but few go on to develop themselves into true organizational leaders.
These courses help the programs' participants lead the organization
to achieve the leaders's vision of what the organization should be.
Course 7: Implementing Your Vision [8 hours]
A leader's vision is important to an organization or group. without
a vision of what should be, an organization or department has no
ideal to strive for. The importance of being visionary, organizational
values, and communicating both the values and vision to the organization
are explored and practiced.
Course 8: Empowerment [8 hours]
This course provides the fundamentals and practice in empowerment.
Empowerment is the act of giving an organization's or department's
members the opportunity to do their best.
Course 9: Leading Change in an Organization
[8 hours]
Change is occurring at a frightening rate. Organizations are faced
with pressures to change from every direction: governmental regulations,
national standards, financial, and more. Learn and practice how
to deal effectively with meeting the challenge of changes in your
environment and organization.
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For more information, contact:
Marc Connolly
Manager
Emergency Services Programs
585-753-3714 or
mconnolly@monroecc.edu
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