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IAFC
If you know of someone deserving of recognition for their wildfire mitigation work, please review the Wildfire Mitigation Award criteria and submit a nomination.
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Lolly Daskal
Great leaders must be effective communicators. That means they have to know how to speak and write clearly — and it also means they also have to know how to listen. Most of us don't think of listening as a communication skill, but it's one of the most important. The best leaders are skilled at listening — here's how they do it.
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By Roberta Matuson
What do you think the most important job of a leader is? Is it to motivate the team to achieve departmental business objectives? Engage employees to ensure they are highly productive? Drive home business results? While the above are essential, none are the most important job of a leader. Why? Because a leader cannot accomplish any of this without the right people on his or her team.
Therefore, the most critical job of a leader is to hire the right people.
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Pulsara
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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Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry
I've had a front row seat to observe and work with many effective leaders over the last 30 years. One thing that is certain is that the best leaders are learners. However, leadership development for the best leaders isn't as simple as reading the right books and taking the right courses. The best leaders believe leadership development and self-development are synonymous.
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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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Business 2 Community
Organizations devote a tremendous amount of resources to building teams, but if they do not provide the tools and support for overcoming challenges, many of these teams will fail in the face of adversity.
Fortunately, there are a number of habits that seem to be common among the most resilient teams. Here are some tips that team leaders need to keep in mind.
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Forbes
It's often said that the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself, but ironically for most people, it's the hardest thing to do. After all, wearing a mask feels much more comfortable as it protects you from the fear of nobody liking you in the first place. However, after a while, pretending to be someone that you are not can become very draining, disingenuous, and can even leave you in a very lonely and isolated place.
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In this on-demand webinar, chief officers recount their experiences and identify common denominators that can help departments when responding to an active-shooter situation.
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By Catherine Iste
Meetings can be the bane of our existence or a boon to our productivity and culture. Similarly, how we prepare for them can range from winging it to massive PowerPoint decks with handouts.
Whether it is a quarterly board meeting or a weekly team meeting, offline discussions can make or break the effectiveness of the time we spend together. Here are a few tips and tricks for avoiding underlying pitfalls and making the most of offline discussions to better optimize our meetings.
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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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Skip Prichard Leadership Insights
Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. Her latest book is Master Your Motivation. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way.
Optimal motivation is driven by three needs: choice, connection and competence. She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting.
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Entrepreneur
Stress can make it challenging for leaders to connect with people by making you isolated or invisible. Some stressed leaders even drive people away. However, there are ways to motivate people to partner with you and your team to achieve shared goals, even as you continue your quest to combat and prevent stress. The key is in how you approach them to make the ask.
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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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Gallup
For a company to manage disruptive change with minimal trauma, its employees must be willing and eager to make the transitional shifts it requires, despite the challenges. If employees are accustomed to a culture of change, they are less likely to feel threatened or overwhelmed when new initiatives require them to adapt. Managers have the most important role in maintaining that agile cultural mindset. There are two things managers can focus on to make change easier for their team members.
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Fast Company
What qualities do people value in their leaders? According to research, it's decisiveness. Although it can be critical for leaders to make the right choices and to appear diplomatic, leaders and aspiring leaders often fail to be decisive. Instead, they spend too much time deliberating on their options. Unfortunately for them, this indecisive behavior can be detrimental.
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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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