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IAFC
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Lolly Daskal
When times are uncertain, people disengage. They're distracted by anxiety and personal concerns, worried about the future, and less likely to view the work they're doing as an important part of their life.
Leaders need to know how to positively re-engage and refocus their people. In tough times, employees look to their leaders even more than usual. Here are some ways to help them stay connected and engaged.
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Forbes
For better or worse, business leaders are always on display. Did you know that you constantly send nonverbal messages that shape others' opinions of you?
Successful leaders use nonverbal cues — such as smiling and posture — to their advantage. Your nonverbal signals transmit a message to the people you are communicating with, whether in a one-on-one meeting or when you speak to groups. If you want people to trust and respect you, it's important to be conscious of what your body language is saying.
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Lexipol
 During this crisis, you can access online coronavirus-related courses and policies for fire and EMS at no cost through Lexipol’s Coronavirus Learning & Policy Center. Access is available for first responders and agencies nationwide.
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By Anne Rose
Who's in control? Not you, and certainly not me. Yet most of us seek to control every aspect of our lives: where we live, where we work, who we befriend, how we dedicate our free time.
That sounds reasonable, right? Nevertheless, that is a full-time job. If all that isn't enough, we also seek to control the uncontrollable outside ourselves. Businesses fail or sell off, and you lose your job; you couldn't control the fate of the company you worked for. Friends fall away for various reasons — changing values, betrayals, distance; you couldn't control the life paths of your friends.
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Harvard Business Review
Stepping into a role as a leader — whether as a seasoned executive or a neophyte supervisor — is both challenging and exciting. How you handle this transition can have a huge impact on your career. You need to hit the ground running not only with your bosses and key stakeholders, but also with your direct reports. Research shows that having a 90-day plan with 30-day and 60-day milestones along the way increases your chances of success.
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IMS Alliance provides a wide range of Incident Management tools to aid your team in an emergency. From Command Boards, Passport Collectors to ICS Vests, together they provide many levels of safety and efficiency for any type of incident.
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Chief Executive
Edward D. Hess writes: Every organization is being challenged and stressed by the pandemic. Every leader is being called upon to lead others through this complex human horror. Many leaders that I talk to are focused on "what" we should do — running lots of financial scenario planning exercises preparing for the "what if’s." When do we furlough or fire more people? When do we start bringing back people?
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TSI’s PortaCount® Respirator Fit Tester delivers safety by utilizing the most effective quantitative fit testing method available to identify poor fitting masks. With OSHA’s recently modified CNC Protocols, the respirator fit testing process is now also faster and more streamlined. Instead of eight exercises, the new rules only require four. Total fit test time is reduced from 7:15 minutes to 2:29, providing users with the fastest fit test on the market. Visit it us at www.tsi.com/ModifiedCNCProtocols to learn more.
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Harvard Business Review
As the coronavirus pandemic escalates and disruptions to business-as-usual continue, managers are grappling with the unknown. You don't know when your employees will be able to return to the office or how different things will be when they do. Regardless, you need to be in constant communication with your team.
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We provide innovative, client-focused and evidence-based addiction treatment in residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient settings. Our world-renowned clinical leaders are committed to providing you with an inspiring healing experience that focuses on your total health and wellness in recovery from addiction and related conditions.
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Skip Prichard
Organizations worldwide spend $356 billion a year on leadership development efforts, yet 75% of organizations rate their leadership programs as being not very effective. Despite billions of dollars spent to develop leaders, and numerous programs, the leadership gap continues.
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By Sheilamary Koch
As days of social distancing turn into weeks, it's not a bad thing if overdoses of the news, scrolling through social media posts and funny cat videos feel increasingly hollow.
Upheaval surrounding the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to adapt, create new routines and be resilient. Although much remains outside our control these days, each day gives us opportunities to observe silver linings and forge new beginnings for our lives and world from this point forward.
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Occupational Health & Safety
Mobile devices have fundamentally changed the work environment across a wide range of industries over the past decade. Smart devices assist companies with capturing and managing data to streamline and optimize their operations, and smartphones have become a primary communication tool and an essential resource for employees to quickly complete tasks from anywhere, at any time.
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Technimount System’s Techni-Shield Defender is a reusable, protective screen for stretchers, acting as an additional barrier between potentially infected COVID-19 patients and emergency responders. Adaptable to the patient’s height, its smooth screen is made from PETG FDA-approved material that can withstand rigorous sterilization and is impact resistant.
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Lolly Daskal
Leadership is stressful, even in the best of times, and leading through a time of crisis elevates that stress levels that often feel unmanageable. That's why every leader needs to know how to strategically and effectively manage stress. Here are some things to remember when it feels like you have more than you can handle.
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Michael Hyatt
As a leader, you have a clear vision for the future, but the busyness of life always pulls your attention back to business as usual. You make occasional bursts of effort toward the vision, but there's no real progress. It's frustrating to watch your dream for the future collecting cobwebs.
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SmartMAP by APX allows Incident Commanders and Firefighters to access critical information – such as building size and location, nearest hydrants, fire flow requirements, pre-plan information and much more – for any response in seconds.
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By Linda Popky
Not every potentially disastrous event is predictable. However, the difference between those who come out of this type of situation reasonably whole versus those who are badly damaged often comes down to one question: given what we see happening elsewhere, can this event really happen here?
Use these questions to inform your decision-making process in this type of situation.
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