The First Few Steps: Exploring Emotional Intelligence for First Responders

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Peaceman Consulting Inc. provides training in leadership development from one first responder to another.  

"The First Few Steps" Leadership Program explores the role of "self" plays in the myriad of dynamics of leadership.  As Mark Sanborn states in his book  “You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader (2006): “When you act as a leader, you exercise control over your life; this will naturally influence and inspire those around you.  Relinquishing control of your life to external situations, circumstances, and culture is the opposite.”  While there are multitudes of management and leadership programs, most focus on the management side of the equation.  This program focuses on the development of the self by focusing on the ABLE model of leadership (Anima Based Leadership Evolution) in law enforcement, the role of "emotional intelligence", and barriers to effective leadership.  

Program objectives include:

  • Work together to explore our own individual strengths and challenges
  • Network with new peers and colleagues
  • Open ourselves to the concept of anima when considering our future performance, whether in a leadership role or not
  • Enhance our personal and professional tools that contribute to both job and lifestyle satisfaction
  • Content Objectives
  • Differentiation between supervision, management and leadership
  • Introduction to the ABLE  Model
  • Exploring Barriers to effective leadership

Dean Young has served as a Peace Officer since 2009, and is currently serving with a large rural county in southern Alberta. A career protective services professional and a graduate of the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Dalhousie University's Certificate of Police Leadership (Service Delivery Concentration), Dean has actively served in the private and public security arena, including four years as a firefighter and Emergency Medical Responder, and has been a student of crisis management and leadership for many years, culminating in a leadership program that addresses the inner workings of leadership, that being the role the self plays.  If you cannot lead yourself, you cannot be expected to be proficient in leading others.