The Leadership Triad

Chief Dennis Reilly and Jason Hoevelmann discuss leadership for firefighters and fire officers specifically regarding being a consistent leader and officer using the Leadership Triad.

It comes downs to a strong moral compass and the firm foundation based on ethics and doing what's right.

 

THE MORAL & ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF BEING AN OFFICER:

• Your decisions and actions need to be driven by your own moral compass

• Your compass needs to be in line with that of the organization

• There should be no question where you stand among your subordinates, your

  peers, and your superiors.

• Moral & ethically driven people bring consistency and stability to their work

  place.

  EXPECTATIONS:

• If you do not lay out your expectations there is no guarantee on what you will get

• Expectations need to be in writing, invest the time now to avoid the “Well I didn’t

  know what you wanted” in the future.

• At the task level positions, expectations need to center around tasks, at leadership

  positons expectations need to include attitudes & behaviors.

  MODELING:

• You will get what you display as your normal operating mode

• What you model is the future for your organization. As an officer, you have a Moral

  & Ethical Obligation to leave your organization better than what you found it.

• Chief Lasky once aid “Follow ugly kids home and you will find ugly parents”.

• What you model is what they will do when you are not around.

  ACCOUNTABILITY:

• This can be quite uncomfortable but as an officer you must be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

• You have a Moral & Ethical obligation to correct unsatisfactory or counterproductive behaviors. We didn’t promote you because you look good, we expect you to do your job.

• If you fail to hold your members accountable there is a good chance that your boss will hold you accountable. In some organizations, this is known as “failure to supervise” and can lead to demotion and/or termination.

 

Link to additional file on Leadership Triad 

 

All driven by the Moral &
Ethical obligations of being an officer

Mission First * Do Your Job