Full-Contact Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781593703981 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 269 str.

Edward Flood; Anthony Avillo

Opis

Examines what makes a leader and, more importantly, what makes a leader effective in today's fire service. This text discusses the various types of leaders, how they communicate, discipline, delegate, motivate, and set expectations. Flood and Avillo also take a hard look at what hinders or blocks effective leadership and what steps to take to foster and instil leadership in your department.

Spis treści

Foreword by Thomas Von Essen

Preface

Mission statement

Eating an elephant

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Ch 1: Congratulations on your promotion! Now what?

Ch 2: Full-contact leadership

Ch 3: Basic styles and functions of leadership

Ch 4: Group dynamics and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Ch 5: Rank has its privileges

Ch 6: The dichotomy of comfort

Ch 7: Power

Ch 8: Communication

Ch 9: Discipline

Ch 10: Blocks to effective leadership

Ch 11: Casual and sensual leadership

Ch 12: Absentee and ambush leadership

Ch 13: Morale and motivation

Ch 14: Delegation

Ch 15: Setting expectations

Ch 16: Coaching and counselling

Ch 17: Case study: The senior guy

Ch 18: Case study: The Powers pre-inspection—Part I

Ch 19: Case study: The Powers pre-inspection—Part II

Ch 20: Case study: The Powers pre-inspection—Part III

Ch 21: Case study: First-day experience

Ch 22: Case study: Ladder 13/32

Ch 23: Case study: The myth of the great firefighter

Our last word(s): Chief Flood's Perspective Parable

Index