IGNITE: Study Hard

 

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible.” — Richard Feynman

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IGNITE: Head & Heart

 

To improve yourself, use your head to handle yourself, and use your heart to handle others. - Chris Hemsworth,

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Challenge #11 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #11 – Servant-leaders practice self-awareness and compassion.

• Read about SHARP on “Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Leadership in Wildland Fire.”
• Transfer the SMART tool to your leadership journal.
• Practice. Practice. Practice.
• Dig deeper with other servant-leaders on the Portal.

IGNITE: In Their Shoes

“Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place." ♦ Daniel Pink ♦

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IGNITE: Empathy and Attunement

“Empathy and attunement are not a waste of time in today’s business climate, but essentials for success.” ♦ Daniel Goleman ♦ 

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Challenge #10 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

Challenge #10 – Servant-leaders practice validation in order to communicate with empathy.

• Watch Naomi Feil’s “Validation, communication through empathy” Ted Talk

• Dig deeper with other servant leaders on the Portal.

IGNITE: Empathy - The Connective Tissue

 

If communication is the joint that holds relationships together, empathy is the connective tissue. 

James Sipe & Don Frick, Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership

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IGNITE: Through Each Other's Eyes

 

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?” – Henry David Thoreau


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Challenge #9 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #9: Effective leaders hone their people skills. 

• Take the “How are YOUR People Skills” survey in Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership by James Sipe and Don Frick. 
• Dig deeper on the Portal.

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IGNITE: When Presence Precedes Practice

 

“For empathy, presence must precede practice.” – Carl Rogers quoted by James Sipe and Don Frick, "Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership"

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