One day course on leadership and cultural change

0900- 0945 Briefing – Fire service culture: an overview of what research has told us about this ‘unique’ phenomenon

1000-1045 Briefing – Using Mayo as an example: what does Mayo teach us about understanding small groups – what have consultants missed?

1100 – 1200 Seminar – what can Mayo offer in trying to understand resistance at watch level?

1215 – 1300 Briefing – Maslow: a new approach to how firefighters may equate to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

1330 – 1430 Seminar – how can a recognition of firefighter’s needs help leaders understand resistance

1445-1530 Briefing – Adair: action centred leadership

1545-1645 Seminar – how can action centred leadership help achieve change in the fire service’s ‘unique’ culture?

1700- 1730 Round-up – what have we discovered today?

Two day course on leadership and cultural change
Day one

0930 – 1030 Briefing – Fire service culture: an overview of what research has told us about this ‘unique’ phenomenon.

1045-1200 Briefing – Mayo: what does Mayo teach us about understanding small groups – what have consultants missed?

1200 – 1300 Seminar – what can Mayo offer in trying to understand resistance at watch level?

1400 – 1500 Briefing – Maslow: a new approach to how firefighters may equate to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

1545 – 1700 Seminar – how can a recognition of firefighter’s needs explain resistance?

1700-1730 Round-up – what has today told us?

Day two

1000 – 1030 Briefing – what can academics bring to the modernisation debate in the fire service?

1030-1130  Briefing – Adair: action centred leadership

1145 -1300 Seminar – how may action centred leadership help achieve change in the fire service’s ‘unique’ culture?

1400 – 1500 Briefing – core values and the firefighter

1545 – 1700 Seminar – how might leaders actually achieve change?

1700-1730 Round-up – putting the theory to practical use.