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Latest Articles In Professional Development

Professional Development
Face Your Fears, Find Your Talents

Motivational speaker, author and adventurer Brian O’Malley gives and inspiring presentation on the importance of taking risks throughout life, to reach beyond personal fears to realize personal success. He uses his own journey to Nepal and Mt. Everest as a personal example of his risk-taking and how it lead him to realize more about who he was.
(Sunday, August 5, 2012) read
Tags: climbing Mt. Everest, find your mountain, FRI 2012, taking risks
Command and Leadership
Courage, Tenacity, Leadership Rewarded

Fire-Rescue International, along with Pierce manufacturing and Motorola, present the Fire Chief of the Year award, for both career and volunteer departments, as well as the Ben Franklin award, to three deserving honorees.
(Saturday, August 4, 2012) read
Tags: Ben Franklin Award, Fire Chief of the year award, FRI 2012, Management and Leadership, Professional Development
Management And Leadership
How Role Models Shape Behavior and Learning in the Fire Service

We all model our behavior off of those we emulate. This process is a powerful way we learn not only specific skills, but broad concepts of morality and values. However, this process can reinforce negative behaviors as easily as it does positive behavior. Chief Marc Revere takes a closer look.
(Thursday, August 2, 2012) read
Tags: behavior modeling, company officer, mentor, mission, modeling, protege, role model, values, vision, Professional Development
Professional Development
Lessons Learned from a Wind-Driven Fire

Deputy Chief Mike Piper from the Arvada (Colo.) Fire Protection District shares the details of a wind-driven fire incident his department experienced as well as the lessons learned and how the department is doing today.
(Thursday, August 2, 2012) read
Tags: burn injuries, Fire-Rescue International 2012, FRI 2012, lessons learned, Mike Piper, wind-driven fire, Firefighter Safety
Professional Development
Elements of a Dysfunctional Team

In many ways, teams are like families, and families have their fair share of ups, downs, drama and dysfunction. As Ray Gayk explains, fire service teams, or crews, can also suffer from dysfunction. Gayk outlines four of the key elements that produce dysfunctional teams and how to counteract each one.
(Tuesday, July 31, 2012) read
Tags: avoidance of accountability, dysfunctional teams, inattention to results, lack of commitment, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, ” fear of conflict

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