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Recently, I attended a seminar by LTC (Ret) Dave Grossman entitled, "The Bullet Proof Mind".  Some of you, especially those in the law enforcement community and/or the U.S. Army may be familiar with his work.  LTC Grossman served with the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer back in the 70's and 80's and wound up teaching up at West Point.  Following his military career, he worked on and developed an area of study he terms, ‘killology', the study of the psychological aspects one undergoes when having to take another human life while serving in the capacity of law enforcement and/or the ..

The following is a blog post originally written for the At Work Network though it is quite relevant to the discussions here. At the suggestion of Mark Lupo, I am posting a version of it here. Dr. Barry Dorn and I would welcome your thoughts on the emotional basement and its impact during a crisis.

The concept of the "emotional basement" is a concept created at and core to the meta-leadership curriculum that we teach at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard. It is a metaphor that we find resonates with the leaders we teach: when we meet them in ..

• This is a guest blog from Aidan Higgins, out of Wicklow, Ireland.  His site looks to be an interesting place for additional readings and study on Emotional Intelligence.
• As you read through this entry, what are your thoughts on emotional intelligence?
• How do you see emotional intelligence relating to meta-leadership development?
• How have you seen emotional intelligence demonstrated in the leaders around you?

In 2012 it is widely accepted that Emotional Intelligence gives an advantage in the achievement of "success" and is more important than IQ. This is especially true for Leadership and its importance improves the higher up the ..

Mark reached out to our consulting group (retirees from education, law enforcement and emergency management who work with schools on emergency response, crisis management and developing partnerships with public agencies), inviting us to share some of our insights and materials. Of course, we agreed.

In 2008, the Santa Clara County Mental Health Department contracted with Code Red Training Associates to conduct a K-12 (kindergarten through high school) Prevention and Early Intervention Mental Health assessment involving the county’s multiple public school districts. The findings are an easy read, in lay language with student stories and pictures. It received wide distribution in ..

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In order for those who want to be well rounded and effective leaders, it would be very beneficial if they have a good working knowledge of all the disaster components.  This would include prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.  One of the reasons  I wrote my book "The Red Guide to Recovery - Resource Handbook for Disaster Survivors" and developed the "Personal Property Memory Jogger" was not only to help disaster survivors through the recovery process, but also to educate preparedness minded folks as to what the recovery process entails and provide them with some ..

Recently, several of you began receiving some invites from me to connect outside of the meta-leadership online community or I might have begun following you on Twitter or Google +.  The effort is one that springs from the '12 in 12' Initiative, where several of the goals for 2012 were directed at building connectivity with cross-sector leaders this year.   These leaders may be ones that you know of in your community, yet have not had the opportunity to make that initial contact with or maybe someone separated by geography.  These leaders may be ones that you might not ever had the ..

"The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better in our private lives - to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents... All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations."
- President Obama, Tucson, AZ, 12 January, 2011

Today marks the one year anniversary of the shooting of Congressman Giffords and 12 others and the killing of 6 more in Tucson, AZ. On January 12th, 2011, President Obama delivered the above stated words in his memorial to the victims of ..

Barry Dorn and I drew on our experiences with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for an article on how the dimensions of meta-leadership can inform situational awareness that appears in the current issue of Disaster Recovery Journal. Among the lessons was:

"From a leadership perspective, the Deepwater Horizon disaster was a complex national event with emergent and divergent contingencies, requirements and responsible actors with mission critical activities, often at odds or inadvertently causing interference in the execution of situational actions. Like any incident of this scale, the oil spill and response required in actuality leadership of many events [technical, political, ..

Posted on 4 January, 2012 - Post by: Kim Stephens

(The following is an excellent account of social media lessons learned by the Joint Task Force developed to handle the LA Arson Fire Event.) 

The Los Angeles area arson fires were an unwelcome addition to the 2011 holiday season. Although I'm sure each of the agencies involved in the Joint Task Force including the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and members of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives will be examining their response effort ..

The excitement of the New Year brings with it the opportunity to achieve new heights, as well as the potential for hidden challenges.  As you contemplate the things you want to achieve in 2012, we would like your input in helping us develop the strongest list of 12 goals for 2012 that will help build a person's ability to lead within the meta-leadership model. 

In order to strengthen someone's meta-leadership ability, we are working to identify goals for 2012 that will help to provide a framework to build upon what many of you have already accomplished, leading within the five ..