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18 August 2023
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Featured FRI Magazine article: Command Corner: Leader's intent - by Chief Tim Murphy (FRI Vol 6 No 1)
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This week’s featured Fire and Rescue International magazine article is: Command Corner: Leader's intent by Chief Tim Murphy, US Forest Service Africa Disaster Management Technical Advisor (FRI Vol 6 No 1). We will be sharing some technical articles from Fire and Rescue International magazine on a weekly basis with our readers to assist in technology transfer. This will hopefully create an increased awareness, providing you with hands-on advice and guidance. All our magazines are available free of charge in PDF format on our website and online at ISSUU. We also provide all technical articles as a free download in our article archive on our website.
Command Corner: Leader’s intent
By Chief Tim Murphy, US Forest Service Africa Disaster Management Technical Advisor
In fast-moving, dynamic situations, top-level decision-makers cannot always incorporate new information into a formal planning process and redirect people to action within a reasonable timeframe. Incident commanders provide leader’s intent so people closest to the scene of action can adapt plans and exercise initiative to accomplish the objective when unanticipated opportunities arise or when the original plan no longer suffices. Leader’s intent is a crucial element of effective operations because it reduces internal friction and empowers subordinates, even when chaotic conditions prevent the chain of command from communicating effectively.
Leader’s intent is a clear, concise statement about what people must do to succeed in their assignments. It delineates three essential components:
1. Task: the objective or goal of the assignment.
2. Purpose: why the assignment needs to be done.
3. End state: how the situation should look when the assignment is successfully completed.
Within the framework of the defined end state, leaders can develop plans that include incident objectives, priorities, strategies, trigger points and contingency plans.
Food for thought, discussion points:
Think about how you were most recently provided leader’s intent.
Describe a situation where leader’s intent was utilised to adapt and achieve the desired end state.
Describe a situation where leader’s intent was not clear.
Discuss how to gain leader’s intent if it is not initially provided.
https://www.frimedia.org/uploads/1/2/2/7/122743954/fri_vol_6_no_1_new.pdf
This week’s featured Fire and Rescue International magazine article is: Command Corner: Leader's intent by Chief Tim Murphy, US Forest Service Africa Disaster Management Technical Advisor (FRI Vol 6 No 1). We will be sharing some technical articles from Fire and Rescue International magazine on a weekly basis with our readers to assist in technology transfer. This will hopefully create an increased awareness, providing you with hands-on advice and guidance. All our magazines are available free of charge in PDF format on our website and online at ISSUU. We also provide all technical articles as a free download in our article archive on our website.
Command Corner: Leader’s intent
By Chief Tim Murphy, US Forest Service Africa Disaster Management Technical Advisor
In fast-moving, dynamic situations, top-level decision-makers cannot always incorporate new information into a formal planning process and redirect people to action within a reasonable timeframe. Incident commanders provide leader’s intent so people closest to the scene of action can adapt plans and exercise initiative to accomplish the objective when unanticipated opportunities arise or when the original plan no longer suffices. Leader’s intent is a crucial element of effective operations because it reduces internal friction and empowers subordinates, even when chaotic conditions prevent the chain of command from communicating effectively.
Leader’s intent is a clear, concise statement about what people must do to succeed in their assignments. It delineates three essential components:
1. Task: the objective or goal of the assignment.
2. Purpose: why the assignment needs to be done.
3. End state: how the situation should look when the assignment is successfully completed.
Within the framework of the defined end state, leaders can develop plans that include incident objectives, priorities, strategies, trigger points and contingency plans.
Food for thought, discussion points:
Think about how you were most recently provided leader’s intent.
Describe a situation where leader’s intent was utilised to adapt and achieve the desired end state.
Describe a situation where leader’s intent was not clear.
Discuss how to gain leader’s intent if it is not initially provided.