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Do You Want High Performing Officers in Your Department?

Be as Effective OFF the Fire Ground as ON

• The greatest deficiency in the fire officer training is leadership

• When training is combined with coaching, individuals increase their performance by an average of 86% compared to 22% with training alone. (Source: Personnel Management Assoc.)

• It’s more affordable than you think 

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What is a Leadership & Coaching Academy?

• 4-day Workshop followed by and 2 coaching and 2 mentoring sessions (by phone or Skype) over the following 4 months

• Combining peer support and 1:1 leadership coaching, great content, facilitation, accountability for results

• Instructed By: Dan Jones, Retired Fire Chief, Chapel Hill Fire Department and Kelly Walsh, M. Ed., Leadership Coach, former HR Partner for Mesa, AZ Fire and Medical Dept.

• Each and every session is about bringing back ONE THING to the fire department in order to have impact

• Class format is engaging, relevant and energizing

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What are the Benefits and Results to the Organization?

• Great ROI to the department, Practical, Measurable, Emphasis on Results, Powerful Approach, Flexible

• Officers that can solve problems and help manage

• Less problems and issues coming to the Fire Chief’s desk

• Participants learn to coach their peers and reduce internal personnel issues

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Workshop Content

• Leadership Foundation / Preparing Officers / Setting Expectations / Dashboard and 30-Day Accountability Plans

• How Fire Departments Train Officers

• Communicating Simply and Powerfully

• Leading vs Managing

• Think Comprehensively: High Performance Tripod and Timeline/Prevention Focus

• Rules of Crisis Management & Leadership or or 10 Commandments of Fire Officer Survival

• Maintaining Positive Media Relations and Social Media

• Engage and Mobilize Employees

• Who are we Leading – Generational Differences

• Ethics and Leadership Values

• Building Your Networks

• The “Coach Approach” to Performance Management

• Mentoring as a Key Responsibility

• Legal Liability and Personnel Management

• Conflict Management and Having Difficult Conversations

• Dealing with Politics or Managing and Leading in Turbulent Times

• Marketing and Branding Your Department and Yourself

• Lessons Learned

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Upon completion of the 4-day workshop, each participant will receive 2 coaching and 2 mentoring sessions. 1 per month from April through July, 2020.

 

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Where: Fairfield, CT

 

Venue: Fairfield Regional Fire School  Google Map

Address: 205 Richard White Way Fairfield, CT 06824

(GPS friendly 205 One Rod Highway Fairfield, CT 06824)

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When: Due to the Covid-19 virus the Leadership Academy has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

            (Original Academy Dates: Tuesday, May 12th through Friday, May 15th, 2020)

Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm

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Lodging:

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Your Instructors:
Chief Dan Jones and Fire Leadership Coach Kelly Walsh have combined their expertise to bring you the best in leadership development.

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What is Included:

4-day Workshop

4 months of coaching and mentoring (2 mentoring and 2 coaching sessions per attendee, each session is by phone or Skype for flexibility)

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Attendee Pricing: $899 per attendee ($25 to reserve your seat)

• Remaining balance to be invoiced in late January, 2020. (Contact Steven Matzat if you need to be billed at a different time due to 2020 budgets)

Academy class size is limited to 44 attendees. Sign-Up Today!

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For More Information:
Please contact Steven Matzat – steven@kellywalshconsulting.com | 408-386-5093 (cell)

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Cancellation and Refund Policy

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Please note the High-Performance Coaching and Leadership Academy may be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. In the event of a cancellation a notice will be provided with the option to reschedule for a future academy or receive a full refund.

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We are not responsible for any expenses incurred by the registrant if a training course is cancelled. If you are considering booking non-refundable airfare feel free to email me Steven Matzat at steven@kellywalshconsulting.com to verify enrollment.
 
We understand plans must change, if you find that you unable to attend the academy, please contact Steven Matzat at steven@kellywalshconsulting.com
 
The attendee has the following options:
• transferring the registration to a colleague
• providing a refund
 
If you are seeking a refund, provided you notify us at least 45 days prior to the event, a full refund will be provided.
 
If notice is provided less than 45 days to 30 days prior to the event, a refund of 50% will be provided.
 
If notice is provided less than 30 days prior to the event in which case a refund will not be provided.

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Any no-shows are non-refundable.