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How great leaders acknowledge their employees effectively
Lolly Daskal
Every great leader knows the benefits of investing in their employees, but too many don't know how to carry out one of the strongest forms of employee investments: acknowledgement. Here are some of the most important things you can do to acknowledge your employees.
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5 tips to coach and mentor future leaders
Forbes
Today, more and more companies in this world have realized that investing in the leaders of tomorrow constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of their development. More and more of them are calling for coaching and mentoring to train their employees for their future leadership roles. However, all coaches and mentors are not equal.
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Leadership development: Finding your why
Opportunity Desk
Finding your "why" as a leader is integral to reaching your full potential and becoming the leader you're meant to be. It's also a vital component of any effective leadership development strategy. Your "why" is what drives you to lead. It's why you wake up each day and put your heart and soul into your work.
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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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Perspective comes before skills
Kevin Eikenberry
We know a lot about how people learn. Instructional designers, trainers, speakers and others work hard to provide content in ways that match that knowledge. However, one thing must come before the content itself — before the approaches to the learning and all those details. Before we can build knowledge and skills, there must be an alignment of perspective. Why does a perspective for learning matter so much, and how do we create it?
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Tips to boost productivity during workcations
Travel Pulse
So many of us have been there: the dreaded work trip that sticks you in one single place for one single purpose: a conference hall, a factory, a meeting room or another place without the hope of getting out and exploring the destination you're in, with only the task at hand.
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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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4 leadership tips to prevent good employees from leaving
BenefitsPRO
Business leaders across the U.S. are struggling to attract and retain top-tier talent. Nearly 48 million people quit their job last year, and this trend shows no sign of slowing in 2022. In May of this year, 11.3 million job vacancies were reported. Reasons for this mass employee exodus range from individuals leaving for higher-paying and more flexible positions to following a life-long career dream or caring for a loved one.
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departments free access to the nation’s largest 5G network from T-Mobile® for Government. You also get exceptional service from dedicated support personnel to help solve problems and find proactive solutions. See how we’ve partnered with the Hampton Valley Forge Fire Department to improve their services.
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5 signs of low firefighter morale
Fire Chief
One of the greatest myths for any faltering fire department or duty shift is the belief that one good call will raise morale. The reality: Poor morale begins small but eventually expands to reveal a totally negative, if not wholly unsafe, barrel. When finally recognized, it is often too late to resolve such negative group think, even with a successful knockdown or a timely save.
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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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These Stanford experts say humor is the key to great leadership
CNBC
When you think of a good leader, you probably think of a few common traits — like determination, humility and confidence. However, two Stanford experts say the key to great leadership also lies in another surprisingly simple quality: having a sense of humor.
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The power of vacations
Skip Prichard
According to a recent Forbes article, working 55 hours a week or more puts us at a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of heart disease than a work week of 35-40 hours. That's just the tip of the iceberg, though, when it comes to the benefits of balancing work and time off. We know that time off helps with sleep, creativity, staying well and fighting off disease, and even productivity back at work.
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When you ask a firefighter to climb 100 feet in the air, waiting at the top better be some peace of mind. Rosenbauer aerials are the highest standard, built on a 30-year track record of zero compromise. Safety and ease of operation. An extension of the firefighter. Performing as one.
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5 tips for listening to employee needs better during a war for talent
Forbes
David Grossman writes: In my many years as a leadership and communication consultant, I've often heard from leaders that they're doing their best to listen more — to their employees, customers, peers and direct reports. Yet when I probe a bit more, I find that what they view as listening is often just scratching the surface.
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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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How the best leaders get their people to take ownership
Lolly Daskal
Running a company or leading an organization is a huge task. Even the best leader can't do it on their own — it takes a group of people coming together with commitment and a shared purpose. An important part of leadership, then, is giving each member of your team a sense of ownership in that purpose and their role in making it happen.
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5 body language mistakes to avoid during interview
Jagran Josh
Preparing for a job interview is a holistic process where you decide what you will wear, what should you ask and how to answer the most commonly asked questions during an interview. As crucial as it is to practice your act to shine in your interview, it is equally important to prepare yourself on how you will present yourself. This is where the body language comes into play.
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5 tips for giving and receiving feedback for performance enhancement
Forbes
"Can I give you feedback?" It's interesting how five simple words can make your heart beat faster and your blood pressure rise. Feedback conversations can activate a social threat response, where the brain thinks you're in danger and gets you ready to react. This state of stress results in a decrease in cognitive functions, rendering it impossible to focus on or make sense of any information. The brain just wants out.
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4 tips for building connections in a disconnected workplace
The Enterprisers Project
In the early months of the pandemic, enterprises made quick decisions to maintain operations while protecting the health of their employees. New work-from-home policies made it possible for employees to stay connected, and this flexibility delivered unexpected benefits by allowing businesses to engage new employees in remote locations.
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4 security risk management tips for small to medium-sized organizations
Security Magazine
Building comprehensive security programs with little to no budget and little to no staff is a monumental task, but it's not a "chicken or the egg" scenario. Security leaders tasked with building a security function, raising the profile of security within an organization or tackling specific risks can implement low-cost, high-impact initiatives that will not only holistically elevate security's position in the organization, but also go a long way in increasing safety and security as well.
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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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How to grow your business with 20% of the work
Full Focus
Michael Hyatt writes: If you'd told me early in my career that I could earn 100% of the results while only doing 20% of the work, I'd imagine you were trying to sell me something or else encouraging me to cheat. I wouldn't have realized you were about to teach me an important lesson about delegation. That's a lesson I had to stumble into on my own.
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How to weigh the benefits of in-person and remote work
Full Focus
Elon Musk sent these words in two separate emails to his company at the beginning of the summer. His message is clear: I want you in the office. Now. His words might seem harsh, but they're not surprising. They reveal the tension between what employers want for their businesses and what employees want for their lives. It's not a new conversation, but it's one you might be navigating for the first time.
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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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5 productive ways to think about eLearning
Kevin Eikenberry
There are plenty of ways for us to learn new skills and gain new knowledge. All of them have pros and cons. Few of those options have such varied and strong opinions about them as does eLearning. There clearly is eLearning that isn't very effective, and it can clearly be misused. However, rather than focusing on specific negative examples or concerns about the format, let's explore five ways to setup eLearning that works.
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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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