Class in Las Vegas August 27-28 (Assessment Centers)

Aside from having our next class in Las Vegas (two days) I've been working on additional material for firefighters who are considering advancing and have to face an assessment center. In reviewing much of the literature on leadership development, particularly in Public Safety (and yes, this does include Firefighters) there is really a gap between what many agencies "say" vs what they actually "do" in preparing their future officers for command, much less supervisory or management positions. The number of technological courses and skills for firefighting is really staggering, compared to police or corrections in-service training, yet the same gap of introductory courses to leadership, including first line supervisors or managers, which leads to a gap in command and control functions. I recently met with a division fire chief who had been working on his paper for the Fire Command program, and he is right on track with the issues. I have a survey that I'd like to invite any of you to participate in that really assesses our current levels of leadership development from an in-service or internally approved function. If you would, please take a few minutes to take the survey. Should you wish to use the survey for your own research, you're welcome to do so. Go to our web site and you can see the link to the survey. There is a password but it's posted for ease of access. Only one participant per agency please. Assessment Center training KSA Ltd.

KSA Ltd. http://assessmentcenter.org

or copy this link to take the survey: <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/97RW2ZN">Click here to take survey</a>

(Password is "assess")

Rick M.