P222:

Lecture 6
(Synch Session)
Lesson
Outline Leadership in Disasters
We cannot train without planning and we cannot
teach without preparation.

- General George C. Marshall

However, plans, no matter how good they are,
cannot assure successful outcomes. Personnel and
plans must be collectively prepared and
subsequently trained.
Review:
What is disaster governance?
 “interrelated sets of norms,
organizational and institutional
actors, and practices that are
designed to reduce the impacts
and losses associated with
disasters arising from natural and
technological agents and from
intentional acts of terrorism”

DISASTER
GOVERNANCE
 In disaster management, the role
of the leader is extremely
important in bringing order in the
state of chaos. Why?
Good leadership is the core of
good governance.
These leaders must have the
ability to make urgent
decisions with limited or
unavailable information
due to compromise in
communication channels.
CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
Leaders in disaster situations must
acclimatize to the surroundings
and be accommodating in their
decision-making processes.
CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
Leaders in disaster management
must also possess emotional
intelligence competencies
CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
A leader can articulately
coordinate various responders of
the disaster event
CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
Professional competence
Essentially—and especially
applicable to the disaster
management role—this competence
means knowing what to do and how
to do it. Such competence is highly
important because it inspires respect
and trust in the leader.
CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
Self-confidence
In many ways, though not necessarily
entirely, self-confidence stems from
professional competence; because
someone who is competent in a task
must be justifiably confident to carry
out that task. Again, this reflects on
the leader’s status and stature
 CORE
COMPETENCIES
OF A LEADER
Sound judgement

This tends naturally to develop from the

combination of professional competence
and self-confidence. It is an enormously
strong leadership attribute because it
brings out and consolidates trust from the
team or organization.
 What constitutes a
COMPREHENSIVE
EXERCISE PROGRAM?
A comprehensive exercise program must address
three training components:

individual training
collective training
leader development
 To establish, improve,
and sustain individual
proficiency in tasks
directly related to the
unit/team/section/orga
nization’s ability to
Individual perform its assigned
training response duties and
missions.
 Conducted by groups of
individuals within a
unit/team/section/orga
nization and is focused
on improving the ability
of a group of individuals
Collective to accomplish more
training complex, team oriented
emergency management
tasks.
 To develop response
professionalism, skills and
knowledge. This training
leads to the development
of confidence in response
Leader leaders and ultimately
leads to their
Development empowerment to make
independent, situational-
based decisions.
ASSIGNMENT OF GROUP
REPORTS - Case Studies
1. What happened? - State the facts.
2. What is the issue/problems encountered?
3. What did the "leader" do in the said case?
4. What is the result/outcome?
The Aceh Tsunami
The Fukushima
Nuclear Disaster
ASSIGNMENT OF GROUP
REPORTS - Case Studies
1. What happened? - State the facts.
2. What is the issue/problems encountered?
3. What did the "leader" do in the said case?
4. What is the result/outcome?

DISCUSSION/REPORTS -
April 25, 2022
 Any
questions?