Posts Tagged: Management
The Right Stuff
There is a profound need to make sure the people we bring in not only have read and signed a memo telling them what our ethics happen to be, but that they LIVE these ethics.
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Zen Zone #40
Half of the battle in leading is knowing ourselves best.
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Okay, It’s 2012: Now What?
Any time you have a problem with someone, it really helps to reflect on the situation and ask yourself if there was a possibility you had something to do with that problem.
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Defending Against Bullies
There are those who are laughing at us, thinking we are too dumb to do anything about cutting our benefits, laying off brothers, closing up fire stations. But hey, let's not raise the spectre of changing things because that wouldn't be "patriotic".
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Have You Been “Departmentally Institutionalized”?
Oh man. Not feelin' it today for some reason. I definitely need a cup of regulah to get me going. Grab yerself some too and have a seat here with me.
Teaching gives someone a unique opportunity that not everyone else in a given field has. …
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Sacrifice
The point is that true leadership requires sacrifice. Real leaders don't just mail it in when they are tired, or sick, or having a bad day. They put others first and they continue soldiering on.
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And Now, The Rest Chime In…
Real leaders don't let the weak get beat up by bullies, even though they have it good themselves.
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Occupy Your Life
The reality is that those in our government on both sides have failed us, and those extremes that have driven our agendas on both sides are more about themselves and less about the rest of us.
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Another firefighter animation video makes TV. Albuquerque chief gets the xtranormal treatment. But Dave wants to know is it news?
TV station highlights animation in the ongoing labor versus management battle.
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Firehouse Zen in Philadelphia at Liberty Regional Training Event
I actually used to sneak into the movie theatre that is in the hotel complex downstairs from the convention center.
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Zen Zone #32
Even when faced with adversity, understand your adversary, maintain your composure, obtain perspective, and open your mind to opportunities that may not be readily obvious.
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Zen Zone #30
When you are challenged with a problem, it always helps to maintain perspective.
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Zen Zone #23
Before we judge anyone, we have to first understand.
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Zen Zone #20
You should not have a favorite tactic or weapon. To become over-familiar with one method is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.
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Giving As Much As We Have
We do not know the day nor the hour. We need to prepare as if every day were the day.
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Zen Zone #12
There is a time when decisions must be made.
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Zen Zone #8
If you are going to be the Chief, it helps to have thick skin.
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Zen Zone #7
People process change differently and we must recognize and acknowledge the dynamics of change.
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Zen Zone #2
Brain food for Mongo.
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Thought For The Day
Something to think about.
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Scary Rhetoric and Hypocrisy
People love to hate hypocrites. And in this day and age where so many people are looking for heroes, when we get it wrong, we get it wrong in a big way.
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It’s Been Busy
I have been struggling trying to find a special something to put in my blog, like the Weekly Weasel or the Microcoaching ideas. I spent a lot of time, a month almost, trying to figure that out. Then today I realized, it's not what Firehouse Zen is about.
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Complacency
Complacency is a subject that seems to surface repeatedly in our business, a business that requires constant vigilance. It strikes all of us at one point or another. The cure, sadly enough, seems to be getting stung.
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We Try Harder
"Zero defects" is a pretty lofty goal, but in our business, zero defects may be the difference between life and death.
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Power of Positive
I have heard it said that the only reason a bee can fly is because it doesn't know it shouldn't.
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