Leadership in Dangerous Situations: A Handbook for the Armed Forces, Emergency Services and First Responders

587 Pages·2011·3.51 MB·English

by  Patrick J. Sweeney

Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Table of Figures

Foreword
Acknowledgments

Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - Leading in Dangerous Situations An Overview of
the Unique Challenges
WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?
DANGEROUS CONTEXTS
SOCIAL DEMANDS
ORGANIZATIONAL DEMANDS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
CONCLUSION
NOTES

SECTION ONE - Enhancing One’s Psychological Body
Armor
CHAPTER 2 - What Leaders Should Know about Courage
WHAT IS COURAGE?
TYPES OF COURAGE
SUBJECTIVITY AND JUDGMENTS OF COURAGEOUSNESS
GOAL ATTAINMENT AND JUDGMENTS OF COURAGE
LEADERS: WHY BEING COURAGEOUS MATTERS
LEADER ACTIONS FOR FOSTERING COURAGE
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3 - Understanding and Managing Stress
WHAT DOES STRESS ENTAIL?
COMMUNICATING HEALTH RISKS
STRESS THEORY
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER 4 - Resilience and Leadership in Dangerous Contexts
WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS AND LEARNED OPTIMISM
HARDINESS
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER 5 - Understanding and Mitigating Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder
PREVALENCE AND SYMPTOMS OF PTSD
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PTSD
MITIGATING PTSD
LEADERSHIP ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN
SUBORDINATES’ PSYCHOLOGICAL BODY ARMOR
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 6 - Obedience and Personal Responsibility
ABU GHRAIB, 2003
SETTING THE STAGE: OBEDIENCE AND LEADERSHIP
NEW HAVEN, 1961
PALO ALTO, 1971
BEYOND SITUATIONS
DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING THE RIGHT
LEADERSHIP CLIMATE
CHALLENGING ASPECTS OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
OBEDIENCE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY:
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
NOTES
CHAPTER 7 - Ethics in Dangerous Situations
ACCOMPLISHING MISSIONS WHILE MINIMIZING HARM
SETTING THE TERMS
MORAL STATUS OF ADVERSARIES AND NON-
ADVERSARIES
CHALLENGES TO THE WAR—LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARADIGM
COMMITTING HARM, DISCRIMINATION IN USE OF
FORCE AND TARGETS, NECESSITY, AND
PROPORTIONALITY
IMMUNITY FROM HARM AND THE ETHICS OF RISK
MANAGING RISK
FINDING COMMON GROUND
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 8 - Meaning-Making The Search for Meaning in
Dangerous Contexts
WHAT IS MEANING-MAKING?
PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNING OF MEANING-
MAKING
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRADITIONS
MEANING-MAKING IN DANGEROUS CONTEXTS
HOW CAN LEADERS FACILITATE MEANING-MAKING?
LEADERSHIP GOALS
LEADERSHIP STRATEGY
MEASURING THE OUTCOMES OR MEANINGS MADE
CONCLUSION
NOTES

SECTION TWO - Influencing When People Are in
Harm’s Way
CHAPTER 9 - Trust The Key to Leading When Lives Are on the
Line
TRUST AND LEADERSHIP
THE IROC TRUST DEVELOPMENT MODEL
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 10 - Building Resilient Teams
TEAM RESILIENCY: AN ILLUSTRATION
THE ELEMENTS OF TEAM VIABILITY
MOVING FROM TEAM VIABILITY TO TEAM RESILIENCY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 11 - Morale The Essential Intangible
WHAT IS MORALE?
CULTURE AND MORALE
BUILDING HIGH MORALE
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 12 - Leadership When It Matters Most Lessons on
Influence from In ...
A CASE OF IN EXTREMIS LEADERSHIP: POLAR
EXPLORATION
LEADING TEAMS IN EXTREMIS
SOURCES OF POWER AND INFLUENCE
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 13 - The Decisive Moment The Science of Decision
Making under Stress
THE ELEMENTS OF COMMAND AND DECISION MAKING
INTUITIVE THINKING VERSUS ANALYTICAL THINKING
COMBINING INTUITION AND ANALYSIS TO MANAGE
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
BARRIERS TO DECISION MAKING
NOVELTY AND COMPLEXITY POINTS TO
INTERDEPENDENCE
IMPROVING DECISION MAKING
LEADERSHIP IMPLICATIONS
NOTES
CHAPTER 14 - Crisis Leadership The Station Club Fire
CRISIS MANAGEMENT VERSUS CRISIS LEADERSHIP
CRISIS PHASES AND LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
METHODOLOGY
BACKGROUND
ELEMENTS OF CRISIS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES EXHIBITED DURING THE
STATION FIRE
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
NOTES
CHAPTER 15 - Leading and Managing Those Working and
Living in Captive Environments
CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCES
CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT MODELS
TRUST AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
POWER AND ABUSE OF IT
MAINTAINING A POSITIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT
LEVERAGING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND AUTHENTIC
LEADERSHIP
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
KEY REFERENCES
NOTES
CHAPTER 16 - Leading across Cultures
CLOSE CULTURAL CLASHES
DISTANT CULTURAL CLASHES
SWITCHING CULTURAL GEARS
LEARNING TO LEAD ACROSS CULTURES
CULTURAL COMPETENCE: THE WAY AHEAD
NOTES