Posts Categorized: Leadership
Situational Awarness on Taking it to the Streets; Did you Listen in?
Taking it to the Streets hosted by Christopher NaumLast month on Firefighter NetCast.com ,Taking it to the Streets presented an exceptional show related to the emerging issues affecting fire ground operations and the emerging and prevailing issues rela…
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IAFC FRI Company & Command Officer Leadership Symposiums
The program offerings at FRI 2010 provided in-depth leadership education like for newly promoted company officers and those transitioning to battalion chief.
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Customer Service: A Bad Concept?
While we can quantitatively point out that having a customer service attitude benefits us in public support, there should be a much more altruistic reason for our embracing that belief.
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The Definition of a FireFighter
On August 9, 2010 Chicago Firefighter/Paramedic Christopher Wheatley was working a grease-chute fire at a restaurant when he fell approximately 35 feet from the ladder of an attached fire escape suffering fatal injuries while he was making his way up to …
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Roto-Ray and Federal Q’s On POV?
By mentioning the Roto-Ray, the Federal Q, and POVs in one title, I'm going to be the high flyer of the internet.
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A Little Safety Parable
Firefighting isn't Jackass: There is a serious difference between taking stupid risks and calculated risks.
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Stuck In The Past
When your organization is experiencing such dysfunction that it is obvious even to the newest recruit, then how clueless are you to insist that everything is coming up roses?
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It’s Real Simple… BUCKLE UP
"I wish you would have simply buckled up that day."
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Power Is Like A Flame
Power is like a flame. If you hold it too tight, it can smother. If you hold it too tight it will also burn.
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Ten Minutes in the Street: “A Little Smoke Showin’ with your Coffee?”
New Scenario Posted
Ten Minutes in the Street
A Buildingsonfire.com Series
Interactive Scenarios, Where YOU Make the Call
Ten Minutes in the Street is back, bringing you insightful and provoking street scenarios for the discriminating and persp…
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The Weekly Weasel – Your Jealous Eyes
Remember Shakespeare's Othello? Envy, people get killed, suicides occur, and the plot is exposed. Your basic Shakespearean tragedy, as it were. Sounds like work.
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Attachment to Before
Attachment is when you believe that things can or should remain one way forever. Things are in a constant state of change.
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Balance and Equilibrium
Unless I am compelled to do so for official business, or intend to engage in a learning session in which I can take away lessons from the event, I'd just as soon do the things I do and avoid hanging around to look at the carnage of someone else's bad day.
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Honoring The Past While Embracing The Future
If the motives behind a merger are based on a genuine concern for doing what is best for the community, a merger can be a whole lot less painful than many individuals make it out to be.
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Where Were You That Night?
It was inevitable that something bad would happen, given what we know now. All we can do now is honor the lives of those who go before us, pray for the families and help them deal with this tragedy, and hope we all learn from the events that evening.
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“The Charleston 43” – Always Remember and Never Forget
The events of June 18, 2007 are tragic indeed. Failing to accept and learn from the NIOSH recommendations is a disrespectful slap in the face to the Charleston 9, their families and friends, and each of the fine firefighters who were so greatly affected on that fateful evening.
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Thanks to Firefighter Netcast
Firefighter Netcast is an excellent resource; we all need to be able to talk with individuals interested in the professionalism and the legacy of our brotherhood.
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Learn as if you were to live forever: Live as if you were to die tomorrow
Back in January I posted an article on The CompanyOfficer.com entitled: Your Capabilities and Future Success. It was about the legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. Coach Wooden passed away at the age of 99 on Friday June 4th, but his legacy …
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Sometimes We Need A Kick In The Head
Motivation to learn is directly proportional to the perceived benefit of the education. If there is no perceived benefit, we have to change that perception to achieve the team goals.
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Let’s Get Excited
Are we just going through the motions to do what is expected of us, or are we devoting a certain amount of energy to the event? If we don’t have a certain amount of passion about what it is we do, how can we expect to create any excitement about what it is we do in order to motivate the people willing to follow us?
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The Weekly Weasel – Installation #1
Integrity is an important trait because it fills in the biggest blank in a personal relationship; it tells everyone that if presented with an ambiguous situation, you will do the right thing.
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Pay Attention: Vote for Leadership
I believe people who exhibit real dedication, leadership, and community stewardship should be rewarded. Our communities need real leaders who value their people as much as they value their customers, and they value their customers like they value their neighbors. Because they are.
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Conflict
Conflict is inevitable. Conflict will come regardless of how much you try to avoid it. Because it is inevitable, as a leader, you need to know how to deal with it.
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Bravery In The Line Of Fire