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Fire Chief
Capable volunteer fire chiefs make the critical difference in focusing volunteer firefighter time and energy on activities that have the greatest impact on the firefighter mission, services and life safety. Time is valuable and limited, and how we use a volunteer’s time in the fire department is a key component to retaining an active volunteer fire service.
A successful fire chief will allow for more people to engage in organizational management. Volunteers want to contribute, if leadership will just allow it. Contributing, satisfied and well-managed volunteer firefighters will remain active longer.
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Entrepreneur
Arthur Langer writes, "Generational divides are nothing new. Boomers like myself find Steve Jobs to be iconic. Millennials — also known as Generation Y — idolize Mark Zuckerberg. My generation sources news via print papers and cable television while digital natives see Twitter as their trusted news source. Many of my employees don’t even have a cable subscription. This collision of demographics is now infiltrating the workforce, and companies face the challenge of integrating five generations into one office space."
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Business 2 Community
While it may seem like common sense to point out that listening skills are important in the workplace, many leaders do not make enough of an effort to use their active listening skills. According to some studies, the average manager only listens attentively for 35-40 percent of the time and even then only remembers half of what was said. This has the effect of creating serious disconnects in the workplace that can negatively impact employee engagement and leave leaders struggling to utilize influencing strategies effectively.
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ICC’s updated IFC® includes changes affecting: hazards related to pallet storage, laboratories, food trucks, plant processing, and more; mass notification at universities; energy systems; integrated systems testing for high-rise buildings; gas detection systems; sprinkler protection; alarm systems and much more. Stay ahead and stay safe with the latest IFC.
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Forbes
Take a close enough look at any life of note, and you’ll quickly discover a legacy of failure.
However, it’s important to distinguish between failed experiments and failure in the Platonic ideal sense of the word. True failure, in the Platonic sense of the word, isn’t something that happens to us. Instead, it’s something we choose for ourselves, occurring when we allow the pain of our experimental failures to change our hearts and our minds for the worse.
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The Drum
The philosopher Heraclitus wrote, “The only thing that is constant is change.” It’s a statement that remains just as true today as it was back then.
If you’ve ever tried to change something in your business, you likely know how hard this is. You propose something helpful for the company only to be met with groans or passive resistance from people who want to keep the old way because, while flawed, at least it’s understandable and familiar.
Clearly, it’s hard to successfully transform a business. So how do businesses that do it well manage?
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Training is the backbone of any fire department—it supports every organizational goal and objective. How do you know whether you’re training adequately? Battalion Chief Bruce Bjorge shares six warning signs your training program might be falling short. DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER
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Human Resources Director Magazine
In an ideal world, we’d all like to get along with everybody. Unfortunately, happy as that may be, it’s simply not realistic.
Clashing personalities are part and parcel of the workplace. The pressure cooker of tight deadlines, off handed rude emails and domineering personalities can lead to disrespect and dissension among teams. As a leader, you have to walk that line between being approachable and authoritarian — which can be a tricky role to play.
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Business 2 Community
High performing organizations need high performing leaders. This, surely, is a prerequisite for success in any size business. But great leaders aren’t just born; they need to be trained and developed. So, how can you take your leaders to the next level? There are five key areas to focus on.
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The Financial
The past two years have been marked by an uptick in awareness of the many challenges organizations and society face in identifying and truly understanding the unique differences among people.
However, this dialogue has been convoluted by the somewhat rash conflation of "diversity" and "inclusion," without much attention paid to the nuances of the two and the implications each has on people-related strategies and practices.
Gallup's research indicates recognizing that diversity and inclusion are very different things is the first step in the journey toward creating a uniquely diverse and inclusive culture.
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Business Matters
Modern companies place greater emphasis on promoting people before they are ready. Young organizations make the mistake of assuming the title of “manager” will allow people to manage effectively, or the title of “leader” will allow them to lead. In reality, good management and good leadership are about so much more than this. It takes years to become a great leader and not everyone what it takes to achieve this status. Here are six attributes that all great leaders have in common.
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