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Ready to pursue your Executive Fire Officer (EFO) certification? Listen as Tonya Hoover, superintendent at the National Fire Academy, explains the big changes coming to the Executive Fire Officer Program in early 2020. Listen here
Entrepreneur
Numerous research projects have found that having friends at work is a good thing. Science has found that meaningful friendships in the workplace have benefits like increased emotional well-being, trust and loyalty. It's also good for you physically. Making and keeping workplace friends will reduce stress and anxiety and increase your productivity. Your career friendships lead to more candid feedback, a greater sense of belonging, and improved teamwork and collaboration.
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Harvard Business Review
Change is hard. Ask anyone who has tried to switch careers, develop a new skill, improve a relationship or break a bad habit. And yet, for most people, change will be necessary at some point — a critical step toward fulfilling their potential and achieving their goals, both at work and at home. They will need support with this process. They'll need a coach. That's where you come in.
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Skip Prichard Leadership Insights
I was only a kid. For some reason, I found myself with adults much of the time. Never one to shy away from controversy (that is still true), I overheard a conversation and jumped right into a debate. Opinionated, full of facts and seemingly knowing the answers, I launched into my arguments. I don't even recall what they were and only vaguely remember the subject.
One of the women in the room listened carefully. She said nothing but looked at me intently. Then, midway through my debate, she stopped me and told her story.
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Pulsara provides a real-time communication network across entire regions. Built with the power of mobile technology, Pulsara unites the right clinicians at the right time. Just CREATE a dedication patient channel. BUILD your custom team. And COMMUNICATE. Simple. Want to learn more about how it works? Check out our video!
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Forbes
For everything that goes into products and marketing and every other aspect of your company, running a business is very much a proposition about people. Facing outward, it's about convincing people to buy your product, partner with you, invest in you; internally, it's about the work done by the people you bring in and the relationships that enable everyone to work together.
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At GovX.com, discover a massive arsenal of gear, apparel, EDC tools, outdoor essentials and more. Firefighters and Americans of service visit GovX first for on-the-job and recreational gear, all at members-only prices.
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Lolly Daskal
What makes a great leader?
What do they do that's different?
What is there about them that allows them to succeed at the highest levels?
While every leader is different, there are specific traits that great leaders tend to share. They aren't things people have to be lucky enough to be born with, but they are rather skills that anyone can learn, develop and implement. Here are some of the most important leadership principles to work on.
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By Terri Williams
Exit interviews are usually perfunctory and meaningless for two reasons: departing employees don't really care to provide insight to a company they're leaving, and organizations tend to brush off these remarks.
According to a 2018 survey by HR Bartender, most employees leave for better compensation and benefits, increased opportunities for advancement, more supportive managers, and flexible work schedules.
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Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry
How often do you feel tugged in multiple directions during the day, driven by "something urgent?" How often do you succumb to the lure of the shiny object diverting your attention? Perhaps more importantly, how often is your team being diverted and losing focus? In the fast-paced, ever-changing, smartphone-infused world we live in, focus is becoming more and more important, and harder than ever to achieve.
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Bullard’s ReTrak Fire Helmets offer emergency responders a fire helmet with an integrated visor engineered directly from feedback received from firefighters. The ReTrak design provides firefighters with key features including a simple one-handed operation, increased area of protection, and a comfort nosepiece. Visit https://www.bullard.com/retrak to learn more.
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Business 2 Community
Despite the amount of time and money that's been invested in educating organizations and training leaders in the tools and skills to manage change, results have been uneven at best. OnPoint Consulting's Execution Gap Survey of 935 leaders found that although successful change management is a key predictor of an organization's ability to engage employees and effectively execute its strategy, 41% of leaders surveyed believe their organizations do not have a good track record when it comes to managing change.
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September 29 – October 2 | Aurora, Colorado
The 2019 Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Conference will be dedicated to the lives lost at Columbine, with topics and themes focusing on bridging the Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Emergency Management, and Physician responses to active shooter / attack events. Visit alerrt.org.
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Thrive Global
The No. 1 reason employees leave their jobs to pursue a new opportunity might surprise you: It's actually related to their frustrations with their career progress, according to a Gallup report. And while it can hurt a company as a whole to lose valuable talent, the departure of an employee can be especially stressful for the manager who was overseeing them.
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Forbes
Bruce Kasanoff writes: In his now classic 1990 work, Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work, psychologist William Kahn made the case that three psychological conditions — when present — encouraged individuals to fully engage at work.
These psychological conditions were: meaningfulness, safety and availability. In the ensuring years, psychological safety has come to be applied by many as a corporate culture in which individuals feel comfortable displaying their genuine self at work. This has led me to create a two-part definition of what it means to be a genuine leader.
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The Arizona Burn Foundation’s new kid-friendly program teaches children burn prevention education. Children under the age of 12 are the most vulnerable group for burn and scald injuries. Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™ “story-time” curriculum addresses burn safety behaviors for both children and their parents.
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Inc.
Nobody is perfect. We all have things we need to work on to improve our skills, and this is especially true of business leaders. Unfortunately, many fail when promoted to a leadership position. While there are many reasons that can contribute to each individual failure, many of the problems arise because of people who are unwilling to address their own weaknesses.
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