The document discusses the leadership qualities and skills needed for effective rescue leadership. It defines leadership as inspiring followers to work as a team toward a common mission. A rescuer needs leadership skills to lead their team in emergency situations and to support the team leader. Good qualities for a rescue leader include being motivated, goal-oriented, decisive, trustworthy, ethical, and good at communicating. Key skills include motivating the team, taking responsibility, making decisive actions, communicating effectively, behaving ethically, building trust, and reducing stress in team members.

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2. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
OF A RESCUER
Prepared by
Rashid Mehmood
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3. Objectives
 Define the leadership.
 Why a Rescuer need leadership skill.
 Describe the good qualities of a Rescue
Leader.
 Describe the skills for effective leadership
of a rescuer.
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4. Definition of Leadership
A leader does two things:
• Inspires the act of follower
• Unites people as a team to work toward
the accomplishment of a common mission
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5. A leader is:
• Not necessarily a “star”
• Open about what he or she does not know
• Open about errors
• Prepared to accept responsibility
• Prepared to give credit to others
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6. Why a Rescuer Need Leadership
Skills
• Rescuer members need to learn
leadership skills because:
• In emergencies, every rescure member
will encounter situations where they will
need to lead.
• Sometimes they will be the leader of their
team.
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7. • Being a leader during an emergency
situation requires special skills.
• They need to know if they are comfortable
being a team leader.
• They need to know how to support a team
leader by being effective team members.
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8. Good qualities of a Rescue Leader
• Motivated
• Inspiring
• Goal-oriented
• Good at prioritizing
• Decisive
• Trustworthy
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9. • Ethical
• Good at communicating
• Level-headed
• Flexible
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Good qualities of a Rescue Leader

10. Describe Skills for Effective
Leadership
• Motivate the team
• Take responsibility
• Act decisively
• Communicate effectively
• Behave ethically
• Build trust
• Reduce Stress
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11. Motivate The Team
• Show passion for the team’s mission.
• Give team members meaningful
responsibilities.
• Praise team members
• Build a sense of team cohesion.
• Create a positive working environment.
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12. Take Responsibility
• Act as the final decision-maker for the
team.
• Accept consequences of decisions and
actions.
• Admit mistakes or errors.
• Ask for guidance when needed.
• Re-evaluate plans that are not working.
• Improve situations that have gone wrong.
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13. Act Decisively
• Make decisions based on facts, not
emotions.
• Listen to feedback, but make final decisions
alone.
• Trust personal instincts.
• Make decisions that are timely, before it is too
late to act.
• Do not second guess decisions unless it is
clear that a wrong choice was made. Be
flexible enough to change a decision.
• Resolve conflicts quickly so they don’t grow.
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14. Communicate Effectively
• Use questions to guide exchanges and keep
the conversation focused.
• Ask for the opinions and observations of
team members and value their input. o Listen
to all ideas, summarize exchanges, and then
make a decision.
• Read verbal and non-verbal cues.
• Give clear directions.
• Ensure balanced exchanges within the team
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15. Behave Ethically
• Be honest.
• Treat others with respect.
• Take his or her duties seriously.
• Treat everyone fairly.
• Stay within his or her capabilities.
• Set a good example by modeling the
behavior expected of team members.
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16. Build Trust
• Be consistent between words and actions.
• Behave according to the same values and
standards expected of team members.
• Be honest about personal strengths and
weaknesses.
• Be open and honest about the situation.
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17. • Admit to mistakes or failures.
• Listen to input from team members.
• Trust the judgment of team members.
• Expect team members to be successful
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18. Reduce Stress in Team
Members
• Brief team members on what they may
encounter before the effort begins.
• Emphasize that the Rescuers are as a
team and team members should support
each other.
• Encourage team members to rest and re-
group.
• Direct team members to take breaks away
from the incident area.
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19. • Encourage team members to eat properly
and maintain fluid intake throughout the
operation.
• Rotate teams for breaks or new duties.
• Phase out workers gradually from high-
stress to low-stress areas of the incident.
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20. Objectives
 Define the leadership.
 Why a rescure need leadership skill.
Describe the good qualities of a Rescue
Leader.
 Describe the skills for effective leadership
of a rescuer.
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