Leadership

Investing in People, Culture and Leadership by providing good practice guidance, tools and improvements at a national level for implementation locally.

Leadership Products

The Leadership programme was commissioned to form a response to the challenges facing current and future leaders in the Fire Sector. Being adaptable to the evolving requirements of a modern fire and rescue service is key to our leadership and management focus for the future.

We need leaders who are both operationally and professionally competent, as well as being capable of creating and delivering a compelling vision for the future to inspire and motivate others. They need to be able to collaborate across our different functions internally as well as being able to cross traditional boundaries with other agencies and businesses to achieve more efficient, effective and joined up services for the communities we serve.

A suite of national products and tools are being developed in line with the NFCC Leadership Framework. By creating this central hub for fire & rescue services, we can promote consistency in our approach to leadership, share good practice and reduce duplication of effort.

Leadership framework

The Leadership Framework replaces the Personal Qualities and Attributes (PQAs), making them simpler, and provides a consistent approach to leadership and development for all staff, irrespective of discipline, role or function

Core learning pathways

Manage expectations of individuals when considering their career progression and provide guidance from an organisational perspective in terms of the formal qualifications or experience that might be required at each level

Model secondment agreement

Use this model secondment agreement and accompanying guidance to support key development opportunities within your service

NFCC Executive Leadership Programme

The Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) is a programme of personal development delivered through Warwick Business School and the National Fire Chiefs Council.

Coaching and Mentoring Portal and Toolkit

The Coaching and Mentoring portal enables coachees and mentees to ‘match’ with registered qualified coaches and mentors from across the fire sector. It contains a comprehensive range of guidance and tools to support those delivering and accessing coaching and mentoring, including the NFCC Toolkit and the Core Code of Ethics. It is also linked to the NFCC Leadership Framework, Core Learning Pathway, Talent Management Toolkit.

Talent Management Toolkit

The NFCC Talent Management Toolkit is developed to support fire and rescue services at every stage of the talent management cycle, ensuring people with the right skills, behaviours and values are in the right roles at the right time. The Toolkit will support those who are starting to develop a talent management strategy, looking for good practice in a specific talent management area and those looking to manage their own career and development.

Supervisory Leadership Development Programme

The NFCC Supervisory Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) is a standardised first-line leadership development programme, aimed at developing people-focused leaders, who are empowering, collaborative and inclusive in their approach. The programme is designed for every new, existing, and aspiring supervisory leaders across all areas of the UK fire and rescue service, regardless of role, contract type, or location. It was designed exclusively and collaboratively between the NFCC and CMI.