Fortitude & Collaboration

By the end, the learner can

• Courageous advocacy: raises concerns about inadequate resources, inequitable policies, or unmet community needs to senior management or funders despite potential organizational resistance
• Ambiguity tolerance in novel hazards: continues planning and decision-making under conditions of incomplete information about emerging threats such as novel pathogens or unprecedented weather events
• Bureaucratic persistence: pursues multi-year funding applications, regulatory approvals, and interagency agreements through repeated delays and setbacks without abandoning preparedness objectives

Session plan

1. 10 minHow these are scoredWhere 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.
   • sustains legislative productivity and constituent responsiveness through extended legislative sessions involving overnight votes and continuous negotiation
   From Legislators (11-1031.00)
2. 40 minSituationsWork 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. 15 minWhere the group splitCompare answers before the debrief. Where the room split is the useful part — the split usually marks a real judgment call rather than a knowledge gap.
   • Where did two people read the same situation differently, and what did each notice?
   • Which answer would survive a supervisor asking "why did you do it that way?"
4. 10 minThe pattern behind the answersClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for fortitude to hold up on a bad day.