Challenge #39 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #39:  Effective leaders genuinely care about their people and express concern through their actions.

• Read “Becoming Authentic: The Heart of Leadership in Wildland Fire Management” by Alexis Waldron and Mike Alarid.
• Journalize:
• What are three new and specific actions I could take tomorrow to show care and concern?
• Dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: Surrounding Yourself

“Great leaders surround themselves with people who complement their skills. An honest and fair assessment of your abilities enables this to happen.” – Colin Powell, former Secretary of State

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IGNITE: Does Your Kindness Ever Extend to Yourself

"Does your kindness ever extend to yourself or is it only reserved for strangers, does your energy ever touch oceans within you or does it only leave shore for everyone else, do you ever give your(self) second chances at love or is that only saved for lovers and friends?" ― Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

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Challenge #38 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

Challenge #38; Servant-Leaders are mentor minded.

• Read/Reread “Being Mentor Minded” in Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership, pp. 40-42.
• Journalize about Sipe and Frick’s questions:
• Is my mentoring about me or the person I am mentoring?
• Do I get ego “goodies” out of being the expert?
• Am I evolved enough to allow others to find their own ways, even when they are different from my ways.
• Click here to dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: Acting On What We Believe

 “Acting on what we believe by what we do is at the heart of Servant Leadership.” – Robert Greenleaf as quoted in" Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership"

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The Weight of the World

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Whether you make the choice to lead self, people, teams, or organizations, there is great responsibility. Caring for self is hard enough, but when you transition to taking care others, the pressure of leading can feel like Atlas holding up the world.

Once we commit to becoming leaders, our focus is no longer ourselves. Fire leaders assume the serious responsibility of putting others into harm’s way and for making decisions that profoundly affect citizens, communities, and natural resources. Leadership is a tough choice. Leaders choose to sacrifice their own needs for those of their teams and organizations. They routinely face situations and make decisions that others criticize and second-guess. Leaders take risks and face challenges every day. - Leading in the Wildland Fire Service, p. 6.

IGNITE: There Is a Difference

 

There’s a difference between working together and working on the same team. – Simon Sinek

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Challenge #37 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #37: Servant-Leaders take care of their psychological well-being.

Journalize/Self-Reflect

• Are you giving too much of self to those your serve?
• Do you have a mechanism to ground yourself before and after your mentor others?
• Do you nurture the growth of self, other people, institutions, and communities to stimulate thought and action for building a better, more caring society?

[Adapted from Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership]

Click here to dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: A Cause Greater than Ourselves

 

Our passions are ignited when we set out to advance a cause greater than ourselves. – Simon Sinek


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IGNITE: There is Joy

There is joy in transcending self to serve others. - Mother Teresa

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