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Authentic leadership: Building an organization that thrives
CIO
Leadership styles have traditionally centered their focus on profits, share prices and productivity, but a new approach increasingly taken up by today's leaders, known as "authentic leadership," takes a different spin on the concept. With the authentic leadership model, the focus is on people, values and ethics first, with productivity and profits subsequently promoted by fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment where everyone feels heard.
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5 meeting tips for visual learners
Fast Company
Kristen Hicks writes: Growing up, I had the hardest time focusing on classroom lectures. No matter how good my intentions were, my brain would inevitably wander. However, I mostly did okay in school because what I am good at is learning by reading. It's a matter of learning styles. Some people can focus and process information best when it's visual (that's me).
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The ResponseMaster® IFS family for custom fire and rescue vehicles combines refined ride quality and rugged design. Superior maneuverability and handling increases safety for the fire fighter and reduces response time in the most demanding conditions.
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7 ways to gain influence in your company without having a title
Lolly Daskal
Workplaces are changing, with many organizations shifting from a structured top-down hierarchy to a more collaborative team-centered dynamic. One result of that shift is a growing demand for leaders at all levels. In a complex and evolving workplace culture, you have the ability to lead, whatever your role.
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Is micromanagement keeping you from leadership success?
Kevin Eikenberry
I spend most of my time working with leaders, and those leaders all have leaders (after all, even CEO's have Boards of Directors). Spend any amount of time with groups of leaders and they will talk about how they dislike being micromanaged. No one likes to be micromanaged, yet we have all experienced it.
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JW Fishers are specialists in the design and manufacture of underwater search systems. Their product line includes hand held and boat towed metal detectors, marine magnetometers, video systems. side scan sonars, sub bottom profilers and scanning sonar.
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3 practices to add to your leadership development program
Inc.
We all show up on the first day of work eager to start a brand new role with fresh and exciting opportunities. When entering a new chapter in your career, the last thing on your mind is dreading work and becoming unmotivated. However, this mindset can eventually change — even for the top performers and managers on your team.
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When every second counts, cell and data reliability is crucial. That’s why T-Mobile®
for Government offers fire departments free unlimited talk, text, and smartphone data—all on America’s largest 5G network. Click to see how our Connecting Heroes® program can help you.
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15 ways leaders can find middle ground between trust and micromanaging
Forbes
Leaders are in a challenging position where they need to delegate well without micromanaging. Some new business owners and newly promoted senior executives trust their people to meet unclear expectations and don't hold them sufficiently accountable, while others constantly nitpick and watch over employees' shoulders in an attempt to ensure the best results.
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iPlanTables provides Sit-Stand touchscreen workstations for plan reviewers, city planners, GIS and archivist departments. Starting 13 years ago we proudly are the only USA based stand manufacturer the industry. Join over 50 other jurisdictions who utilize our modern technology. “iPlanTables Helps You See the Big Picture”
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Rescue your goals in 4 simple steps
Full Focus
The year is halfway gone. If you've fallen behind on a goal you hoped to achieve, you're in good company. The most important question you face is this: What now? You still have agency in this story. You have less time, but constraints can help you achieve goals. To rescue your goals, start by considering these four simple steps.
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Should policies have expiration dates?
Kevin Eikenberry
Policies exist in all parts of society, and we have been subject to them throughout our lives. They are generally well-intentioned, yet often elicit less than positive response — anything from the rolling of eyes to complaints about how policies don't apply to a given situation. Company policies receive the same treatment and derision.
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“The entire world should take this course.” – Fire course attendee. Fire specific curricula for implicit-bias-awareness training is ready for implementation in your jurisdiction. Fair & Impartial Policing, LLC curriculum is based on the modern science of bias and customized to meet the unique challenges facing Fire personnel.
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5 keys to taking a vacation you don't regret later
Full Focus
Have you ever needed a vacation from your vacation? I have. On my first Monday back in the office, I've found myself wondering why I spent all that time and money in the first place. It took me years to realize that vacationing is a skill, and just like any other skill, it takes practice. The best vacations require work, but not the kind of work you imagine.
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4 reasons why talent development is so important to your business
Lolly Daskal
An important part of my work as an executive leadership coach involves coaching my clients in the areas where they need to be focusing their attention. One important area that many leaders overlook is talent development: finding ways to keep your employees engaged, learning and growing in directions that benefit both their personal goals and the organization.
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How to prepare for an impending team restructuring
Fast Company
With all the press on the contraction of the economy and companies in the news that are tightening their belts, freezing hiring, and laying off employees, it's natural to feel a little skittish. Employees have had a terrific run of job growth, new opportunities and plenty of perks. However, that may change.
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Easy to handle! The BulldozerFire slips right on the ram,
either end, to give more stabilization
and a bigger contact area.
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5 essential traits of post-pandemic leadership
Forbes
The long-term impact of the pandemic on the work environment remains to be seen, but the pandemic's immediate impact has been to underline the flaws in the entrenched industrial mindset approach to work. While those flaws, and the attendant command and control approach to how work should be performed, have been acknowledged by organizations for more than two decades, without adequate pressure to change that mindset, the pace of change has been glacial.
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15 tips to make meetings more accessible for everyone
PC Magazine
You don't need to know about people's disabilities to make your meetings more accessible to everyone. An estimated 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. lives with a disability, according to the CDC, and many of those disabilities are invisible. Plus, people have temporary or situational disabilities. Being in a noisy environment can situationally affect a person's hearing, for example, so that they need closed captioning to follow along in a meeting.
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An affordable and easy to use way to organize your department's information and submit incident reports to NFIRS - without breaking your budget.
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Thousands of industry professionals subscribe to association news briefs, which allows your company to push messaging directly to their inboxes and take advantage of the association's brand affinity.
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Navigate the swirl: 7 conversations for transformation
Skip Prichard
Too many people live with a gnawing feeling that their team and, indeed, their entire organization could and should run more smoothly, more purposefully and more effectively. However, they are unable to actualize it amidst the daily Swirl, contends business and strategy expert Richard S. Hawkes, CEO of Growth River.
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GT5000 Terra: Accurately identify and quantify unknown gases or call ‘ALL CLEAR’ at incident sites! All in a compact design with simple touch-screen commands.
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