This document outlines a personal leadership training plan. It discusses the importance of having knowledge in environmental affairs and disaster management. As a future leader, it states the author has diverse knowledge in these areas from seven years of higher education. However, they acknowledge lacking skills in areas like planning and implementation. The document emphasizes that learning is continuous and the author will seek to improve their skills through practices like collaborating with stakeholders and attending forums. Overall, the document reflects on the knowledge and skills needed to become an effective leader in environmental and disaster management fields.

1. Personal Leadership Training Plan
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To be a good leader, it is a call and nature of the personality of
a person.It involves have a passion to serve the interests of the
other people besides your own interests (Collins, 2014).The
knowledge behind being a successful leader is through
experience and good practice.Being a leader, needs a person to
have self control and knowledge of handling different types of
people.A leader knows the way and lead others there.
Everybody defines leadership differently but I really like the
way John C Maxwell defines leadership, “A leader is one who
knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” Irrespective
of how you define a leader, he or she can prove to be a
difference maker between success and failure.
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Should be confidentShould be one who inspires otherShould be

2. hardworkingShould be honestShould be accountableShould have
good communication skillsGood decision makerOne who is
committed to service
Whether running your own business or leading teams in an
office setting, the best leaders require a strong set of leadership
qualities to help positively interact with their employees, team
members, and clients.
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As an environmentalist for example, a leader should have
diverse knowledge of environmental affairs.The leader should
understand the nature and the conditions of the environment and
be committed to service (Sutcliffe, 2013).The nature of our
environment need a lot of research to help in reducing diverse
effects on the environment; especially effects of global
warming, climate change, land degradation and other effects.
Some of the major environmental problems are as follows: 1.
Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming 2.
Desertification 3. Deforestation 4. Loss of Biodiversity 5.
Disposal of Wastes.
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A good leader especially on the environmental concerns should
understanding his or her roles.It calls for the passion to serve as
a disaster manager in an organization.As a manager, you should
be able to understand the need for disaster management, disaster
prevention, disaster resilience and even disaster
recovery.Through the knowledge or research, one should be able
to understand the need for his or her job description (Davis,
2010).

3. Disaster managers, often called emergency management
directors, are responsible for preparing for and responding to
disasters. They come up with procedures for natural and man-
made disasters with the help of other professionals who are
sometimes involved with these events, such as people who work
for the government, local police departments or nearby
hospitals. Once a plan is made, a disaster manager has to ensure
that it meets certain standards. If it does, he or she works with
the community and local organizations to make sure that
everyone is aware of the plan and can follow it if a disaster
occurs.
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Many organizations are today employing a disaster management
team to help during disaster occurrences.Many organizations
and institution have adopted the policy of disaster management
for the benefit of its employees and the organization at
large.Organization are prepared for disaster by having disaster
control units, equipment and also trained personnel (Gujral,
2012).Disaster management is a process of early preparation for
an occurrence of an anticipated disaster.
This is not an entry-level job, so don’t expect to be able to
become a disaster manager right out of high school or even
college. Most professionals in this line of work have a
bachelor’s degree in emergency management, fire science,
public administration or business, but individuals with other
degrees that are relevant to the job may be considered for
emergency management director positions. While you should be
able to get involved in emergency management directly after
finishing college, you probably won’t be able to become a
director until you have at least five years of experience under

4. you belt.
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I have diverse knowledge on environmental concerns and in
disaster management programs.Through seven years of learning
in higher education on the programs I believe that as a future
leader I have enough knowledge to put into practice.Learning is
a continuous process and I would seek more knowledge on
management and working with other in different situations.As a
future leader I am motivated by achievement done in the past,
present and the anticipated future achievements.
Working in the emergency management field requires hard
work, but it’s a great way to help people who are in tough
situations. If you’re okay with working odd hours occasionally,
love planning and want a career that enables you to make
positive changes, you may want become a disaster manager.
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As a disaster manager, I know I lack good planning skills and
implementation procedure.I would seek to have planners and
implementers hired to teach our team the same skills.I would
advocate for diverse skills learning programs to the employees
in order to advance my career and equally to the careers of my
subordinates.Learning is a continuous process and I would
desire to learn more in the field of disaster management.
Emergency management directors plan responses to emergencies
and disasters to minimize risk to people and property. Their
plans must comply with local, state, and federal regulations, as
well as established best practices.
They usually need to meet with law enforcement officials, local

5. businesses, and residents to solicit recommendations and
feedback on draft emergency response plans. They assess
available resources and coordinate the sharing of emergency
response resources among agencies and organizations such as
fire departments, policy departments, and emergency medical
services. They may need to request budget increases or
additional resources, such as funding from the federal
government. They may also direct the planning of evacuation
routes.
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Engaging in participatory practices that will improve my
knowledge on the topic matter.Attending forums on disaster
management and development .Learning by doing and having
frequent practices.Partner with the relevant stakeholders in the
same field of knowledge (Gujral, 2012).Obtain and implement a
good communication plan.
Have an updated disaster recovery plan with very specific
instructions. ...
Regularly test your disaster recovery plan. ...
Include business operations in your disaster recovery plan. ...
Check on your people first. ...
Have a communications plan.
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Employee needs to be motivated now, and then in order for
them to perform their duties with passion.Through my
knowledge I will empower them by rewarding the hardworking
employees.I will aim at advocating for exchange programs that
will expose the employees to better skills.Encourage the

6. employees to be competitive in the job market (Gujral,
2012).Ensure that all the employees comply to the code of
ethics and standards required.
The followers may start associating the success of the
organization or group solely with the leader. Consequently, the
followers may fail to see themselves as a valuable part of the
group or organization. Their role in the success of the group or
organization is undermined as the leader is always weighed
down with the responsibility of keeping the organization
running and also motivating the followers to perform.
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Having the clear records of employees performance.Rewarding
active and hardworking employees.Providing for subsidiary
services to the employees for their motivation (Collins,
2014).Paying good wages and salaries.Allowing for
participatory leadership forums.Encouraging showcasing of
skills and talents.Listening to employees’ concerns.
Here are some steps to building that type of commitment and
involvement:
Identify any problems that might stand in the way. ...
Share your vision and the mission of the business. ...
Give some power to employees. ...
Encourage risk-taking. ...
Use reward systems. ...
Plan social and athletic activities.
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Leaders are valuable to an organization or society because they
strive to bring the desired change in their organizations or

7. society. They help realize the change by identifying the unique
challenges that their followers face and work together with the
followers to achieve the common objective. Leaders are vital
for social change and are still needed to effect organizational
change in the current society or business world.
A great leader posses a clear vision, is courageous, has
integrity, honesty, humility and clear focus. Great leaders help
people reach their goals, are not afraid to hire people that might
be better than them and take pride in the accomplishments of
those they help along the way.
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Collins, J. (2014). Leadership qualities: Qualities of a good
leader. Leipzig: Amazon.
Sutcliffe, J. (2013). The 8 qualities of successful school leaders:
The desert island school challenge. London : Bloomsbury
Davis, R. A. (2010). The intangibles of leadership: The 10
qualities of superior executive performance. Mississauga:
Jossey-Bass.
Gujral, G. S. (2012). Leadership Qualities for Effective
Leaders. New Delhi: Vij Books India Private Limited.
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Each question has to have a 300 word response.
Named resources that do not have links will be uploaded
separately.
1. Rome and Christianity: Read the following

8. · The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity available
at https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/perpetua.asp
· Pliny’s Letters about the Christians available on d2l
· “Selected Readings on Rome and Christianity” available on
d2l
and consider the following:
· How much of a threat were early Christians to the stability of
the empire?
· How might you characterize the Roman response to the spread
of Christianity during from these sources?
2. Read the following
· Ammianus Marcellinus, Book 22.1-14 available
at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ammian
/22*.html
· Ammianus Marcellinus, Book 25.4 available
at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ammian
/25*.html
· Julian, Letters, 22, 29, 36, 37 and 39 available
at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letters_of_Julian
· Gregory of Nazianzus, First Invective Against Julian, 74-76,
available on d2l
and consider the following:
· How significant was Julian’s revival of paganism among his
aims as emperor?
UNIT 55 PowerPoint
In Unit II, you started your Personal Leadership Training Plan
and focused on attributes; in Unit IV, you focused on
knowledge. In this unit, you will add skills to your plan.
Within your presentation, respond to the following points:

9. · What skills do you have that you can apply to the Hersey-
Blanchard Situational Leadership Model (SLM) and the Vroom-
Yetton Normative Decision Model?
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· What skills would be needed to implement the SLM and the
normative decision model?
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· How could you explain the differences between the SLM and
the normative decision model?
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The completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of
10 slides in length,
not counting the title and reference slides.
Submit only the specific segment concerning knowledge.
Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic
resources must be used.
Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to
fully explain your ideas.
All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA
style.