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Emergency Management Leadership Competencies

Through Hazardscape’s learning experience, individuals and teams will further develop their core emergency management leadership competencies.

For organizations, we customize our programs to align your talent and workforce needs with your business objectives which is critical for achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.

“During the 2015 FEMA Higher Education Symposium, interest was expressed for a systematic and comprehensive look at emergency management core competencies for the next generation.Therefore, the FEMA Higher Education Program supported the education community’s process of updating the emergency management core competencies, developed by Dr. Wayne Blanchard in 2005, by sponsoring a focus group of regionally diverse educators.

The charge given to the group was to draft competencies for 2030 and beyond, and conduct a Delphi study for refinement and ratification of the updated competencies. In 2017, FEMA published The Next Generation Core Competencies for Emergency Management Professionals: Handbook of Behavioral Anchors and Key Actions for Measurement:

Feldmann-Jensen, S., Jensen, S.J., Maxwell Smith, S., (2017). The Next Generation Core Competencies for Emergency Management Professionals: Handbook of Behavioral Anchors and Key Actions for Measurement.  FEMA Emergency Management Institute Higher Education Program, Emmitsburg, MD.

Feldmann-Jensen, S., Jensen, S.J., Maxwell Smith, S., and Vigneaux, G., (2019).  The Next Generation Core Competencies for 

Emergency Management.  Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 17 No. 1.

In 2017/2018 Public Safety Canada developed a working group to explore emergency management competencies for the profession of emergency management. While the working group met and discussed adoption of core competencies, Public Safety Canada did not dedicate the required resources needed to continue the project. The working group essentially dissolved.

Hazardscape understands that much more work needs to be done before emergency management professionals adopt a common set of core competencies. But that does not mean we can’t get started.

Hazardscape Management’s Learning & Development Competency Model

Hazardscape’s All Hazards Coaching programs are aligned to the 2017 next generation core competencies:

Building the Individual

Building the Individual

Building the Practitioner

Building the Practitioner

Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Within the three overarching themes there are several competencies. Using a coach approach, Hazardscape develops emergency management teams and leaders in each competency using a learning experience that includes coaching, trying, reflecting, and sharing.

Coach

We engage you through inquiry based non-directive All Hazards Coaching combined with expertise and activities. Our coaching sessions are designed for individuals, groups, and teams. They run from 1/2 days to six months, or longer. Grounded in the principles of inquiry, reflection, and action, you will be empowered to take ongoing action and create accountability for your commitments.

Try

To use the skills and knowledge you already have, you need to try them out. In between coaching sessions you will perform activities that will give you an opportunity to try out new behaviors, within the context of your role.

Reflect

Our activities include time and questions for you to reflect, so you can make connections to your work challenges. Reflection is a powerful way to enhance your performance and broaden your professional impact.

Share

During your coaching session you will construct knowledge through conversations with your coach, and if you are part of a group or team cohort your peers will help you build enhanced understanding.

How

We engage you through inquiry based non-directive All Hazards Coaching combined with expertise and activities. Our coaching sessions are designed for individuals, groups, and teams. They run from 1/2 days to six months, or longer. Grounded in the principles of inquiry, reflection, and action, you will be empowered to take ongoing action and create accountability for your commitments.

Coaches and Community

Coaches - Hazardscape Management All Hazard Coaches are trained through accredited training providers and adhere to coaching standards. Coaches are required to be actively seeking, or have, their ACC certification through the International Coach Federation or equivalent. We also bring in expert emergency managers to address specific technical competency needs.

Community - Learn alongside a cohort of peers from different jurisdictions and agencies.The Hazardscape community spans around the World with countless professionals and industries. Build your network by making valuable connections in each coaching program.

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