Leadership in Government

By the end, the learner can

• Interagency liaison development: initiates and maintains working relationships with county departments and municipal partners to build cooperative response capacity
• Exercise leadership: leads design and facilitation of functional drills that test specific emergency plan components for department staff
• Claims authority exercise: makes independent settlement decisions within designated authority levels without requiring supervisory sign-off on routine files

Session plan

1. 10 minThe assignmentWhere this shows up: military installations and field operations, working with commanders, unit members, technical teams. Conditions to expect: mission-driven, protocol-heavy, high-consequence. Entry roles this maps to: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks, File Clerks, Postmasters and Mail Superintendents.
   • introduces and shepherds original legislation through initial procedural steps, coordinating co-sponsors and managing stakeholder introductions
   From Legislators (11-1031.00)
2. 15 minRun the taskWork the task on your own first. Support is available, but ask for it out loud so the group hears what got you stuck.
   • Tools in play: Data base user interface and query software, Office suite software, Electronic mail software.
3. 10 minObserved checkpointsScored live against the four levels. The scorer marks what they saw, not what they assume the learner could do on a better day. Developing is the target for this point in the program: Moving in a positive direction in a professional career. Still learning, with room to grow around the skill.
4. 10 minWhat the calls costClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for leadership to hold up on a bad day.