CLEAR

Ted Buffington’s

Command Leadership Effectiveness for Awareness & Response

C.L.E.A.R. Leadership Development &

Team Engineering for All Emergency Services

"This is helping our organization save lives!"

"...In my role as an EMS manager and leader, I frequently have to make difficult decisions with limited time and information. Ted’s workshop gave me tools to quickly find clarity in a situation and make the right decision under the gun. This is helping our organization save lives!"

Ted was able in a few short hours to deliver a toolbox full of clear, useful strategies and techniques for analyzing situations and making critical decisions under the gun. Ted’s program should be mandatory for everybody who has to make difficult decisions.

He has developed an extremely powerful approach to figuring out what’s important and what’s not when making a decision. His techniques have helped me make better decisions in my public safety role, and I strongly recommend them for anybody who has to make decisions.

                                 Kent McKenzie, Deputy Director
                                              Orange County Emergency Management
         Hillsborough, NC

BOTTOM LINE:

Lack of clear communication is the major cause of dysfunction in a crisis
Awareness, flexibility, and absolute clarity are vital to successfully managing a disaster
Any disaster management system will only be effective if the personnel involved are trained, exercised, and trust the performance & communication of the other team members

WHAT IS C.L.E.A.R.? (click here for more details)

C.L.E.A.R. programs are the affordable solution to address the above issues and provide Rapid Readiness for you and your team. Using a proven training methodology, C.L.E.A.R. programs increase individual and collective effectiveness, response ability, accountability, critical thinking, and decision making under pressure. C.L.E.A.R. Training & Coaching programs focus on:

Enhancing the effectiveness of ICS, NIMS, and HEICS disaster management systems by teaching communication & teaming skills to prevent and mitigate team dysfunction during a disaster
Increasing team relatedness, communication and interoperability effectiveness
Focusing on the mental and behavioral aspects of all-hazards awareness, preparation & response

WHO ARE C.L.E.A.R. PROGRAMS FOR?

Fire Services, law enforcement, incident commanders, military special operations
All-hazards responders & support staff, emergency managers, support agencies
Hospitals, schools, places of worship, citizen corps, and other volunteer organizations

THE C.L.E.A.R. BENEFIT:

At completion of the Training Program or Coaching Sessions participants will be able to:

Understand and demonstrate skills for effective command leadership & communication
Increase IC & EOC interoperability effectiveness regardless of functional role
Demonstrate high performance communication skills for greater team effectiveness
Observe, think, make decisions, report, and respond with confidence and clarity
Quickly identify and remove clarity interference & dysfunction factors
Get clear, focused, prepared and in control of any situation
Be response able in any team or leadership role

Additional C.L.E.A.R. Programs & Details

The C.L.E.A.R. team is made up of an international network of highly skilled, experienced trainers and consultants led by Ted Buffington. Together they provide a perfect blend of skills for strategic, tactical operations, and human factors training. C.L.E.A.R. instructors and consultants are experienced, highly qualified professional subject matter experts in the following areas:

Command Leadership & Decision Making Under Pressure
Risk & Threat Identification, Evaluation and Control
Training for Emergency Response Command & Operations - ICS, NIMS, NRP
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS)
Developing High Performance Emergency Response Teams
Table Top through Full Scale Exercise Development, Implementation & Analysis
Exercise Observer and Evaluation Training
Effective Public and Media Communications
Emergency Response Professional Credentialing
Community Preparedness & Disaster Management (CPDM) Education
Training & Developing Emergency Response Volunteers - CERT & MRC
Coordination With Public Authorities - Effective MOUs, MOAs
Vigilant Learning for School's Staff & Students
Developing Emergency Operations Plans & Strategies
Emergency Response / Management
Emergency Medicine / Public Health
Business Continuity Planning
Risk Assessment / Management
Security / Safety
IT Disaster Recovery
Emergency Communications
HR / Senior Management
Community Planning
Disaster Relief & Assistance
Environmental / Hazardous Materials

One of the most challenging aspects of any organization is getting all the people to be aware, prepared and trained to respond effectively during a crisis. C.L.E.A.R. best practices programs meet those human factors challenges by:

Working closely with first responders and emergency managers to help design, develop, implement and evaluate all types of emergency related training
Incorporating the most effective models and processes for training people to
respond vs. react, focus vs. fold or freeze, and communicate information clearly and accurately vs. ambiguously
Dealing with employees’ concerns for safety and well-being and to prepare them before an event for potential emergencies of all types
Helping to train the emergency planning, response, management & staff to be effective under pressure and assist them in moving beyond potential 'fear' based mindsets and team dysfunction

"Your fate is in the hands of your leaders.
Your leaders are only as good as the training
they receive and continue to receive."

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For more information please visit
www.toachieve.com or call (817) 503-7488