Category: Leadership
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5 Questions Every New Fire Officer Should ask in the First 90 Days is a companion article to Raising the Standard: Fire Service Leaders Need More Than Experience on Firefighter Nation. Pinning on your bugles is a milestone. What happens in the 90 days that follow will shape your credibility, your relationships, and your effectiveness…
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What the Model Looks Like in Practice A follow-up to Why the Fire Service Needs to Shift from Leader-Follower to Leader-Leader In January, I wrote about why the fire service needs to move from a Leader-Follower culture to a Leader-Leader model — one where thinking, initiative, and ownership aren’t reserved for the person with the…
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Today, leadership matters more than ever in the fire service. Not leadership defined simply by rank or years of experience — but leadership defined by the ability to build thinking, proactive, confident firefighters at every level. Many firefighters promote up through the ranks because we were strong technicians: reliable on EMS calls, confident with saws,…