Leadership for Field Training Officers

Rationale:

Leadership for the FTO focuses on the ability to empower others and help them reach personal potential while working together to accomplish the organizational goals. This highly interactive workshop will help the field trainer understand their leadership influence, learn techniques to avoid/navigate personality conflicts, and communicate most effectively. It is the field trainer's job to know the trainee's communication styles as well as how to work with them under pressure without alienating them. This course, drawn from the principles in the “Developing Leaders” class, is created to develop excellence in the FTO so as to reduce their frustrations and maximize the trainee’s learning experience.

Overview:

This is a 40-hour course presented over five days and is not conducted in a traditional lecture mode. Student contribution of insights and opinions through discussion enhances learning as a group. Personal experiences, successes, and failures facilitate learning and combine academic theory with practical principles. The course is designed for FTO/PTO Coordinators, FTO/PTOs, and those desiring to become FTO/PTOs.

Course Goals:

At the conclusion of this course, the participant will:

1. Articulate ways to develop enhanced communications between trainee and trainer.
2. Identify strategies to increase trainee motivation and satisfaction, thereby increasing their competencies and performance.
3. Define the process to take charge of the transformational process.
4. List the methods described to direct, coach, and encourage trainees towards peak performance.
5. Describe methods to develop trainees to thrive during hardship, stress, and adversity.

Instructors: Mike Alexander, James Reeves, Martin Birkenfield, Charles Heasley