Unit 2

Foundations of
Leadership

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Objectives
Identify the three
Leadership Values and
supporting principles.

Initiate a leadership self-

development plan.

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 Values and Character
Section I

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Key Points – Values and Character
Values are attitudes about the
importance of people or things.

All of us are influenced by multiple

sets of values.

Values are learned from those we

respect.

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Discussion
Leading in the Wildland Fire Service

Preface

Values and Principles = the

foundation of leadership

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Key Points – Values and Character
Duty—accomplishing the
mission

Respect—taking care of
people

Integrity—developing
yourself

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Key Points – Values and Character

Character is the way you

communicate your values
to others.

Leaders cannot hide what

they do.

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Segment 2
Colonel Chamberlain at
Gettysburg

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Discussion
What was Colonel Chamberlain’s
reaction?

What actions did Colonel

Chamberlain take?

How did the mutineers respond?

What values did Colonel

Chamberlain demonstrate?

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Attila Says

“Chieftains must never

shed the cloak of honor,
morality, and dignity.”

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Leadership Quote

“The ultimate measure of a

man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and
convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge
and controversy.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Minister

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Section II
Wildland Fire
Leadership Values and Principles
Be proficient in your job, both technically and as a leader.
Make sound and timely decisions.
Duty Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and
accomplished.
Develop your subordinates for the future.
Know your subordinates and look out for their well being.
Keep your subordinates informed.
Respect Build the team.
Employ your subordinates in accordance with their
capabilities.
Know yourself and seek improvement.

Integrity Seek responsibility and accept responsibility for your actions.

Set the example.

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Key Points – Leadership Principles
Leadership Principles are
the actions that
demonstrate your values.

Many of these principles

support all three Leadership
Values.

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Exercise
Values in Action

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Attila Says

“Wise chieftains know

they are responsible for
the welfare of their Huns
and act accordingly.”

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Leadership Quote

“What you do speaks so

loudly I cannot hear what
you are saying.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Writer

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 Building Your
Section III
Leadership Toolbox

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Key Points – Leadership Toolbox
A complete leadership development
process includes

Formal training courses

Challenging field experiences

Your own initiative in seeking self-

development opportunities

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Tools – Self-Development www.fireleadership.gov
Leadership Toolbox

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Exercise

Know Yourself

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Attila Says

“The experience of Huns must

be structured to allow them to
broaden and deepen themselves
to develop the character they will
need when appointed a
chieftain.”

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Leadership Quote

“Leadership and learning are

indispensable to each other.”

President John F. Kennedy

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Objectives Review
Identify the three
Leadership Values and
supporting principles.

Initiate a leadership self-

development plan.

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