To make sound and timely decisions, fire leaders assess the situation, seek out relevant information, weigh options, make judgments, and initiate action as required to create a positive outcome within inevitable time constraints.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Are Your Senses Tricking You?
To make sound and timely decisions, fire leaders assess the situation, seek out relevant information, weigh options, make judgments, and initiate action as required to create a positive outcome within inevitable time constraints.
Respect: Build the Team
Respect: Build the Team
- Conduct frequent debriefings with the team to identify lessons learned.
- Recognize accomplishments and reward them appropriately.
- Apply disciplinary measures equally.
[Photo credit: Kari Greer/USFS]
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Respect: Keep Your Subordinates Informed
Respect: Keep your subordinates informed.• Provide accurate and timely briefings.
• Give the reason (intent) for assignments and tasks.
• Make yourself available to answer questions at appropriate times.
[Photo credit: Folsom Lake Hand Crew]
• Give the reason (intent) for assignments and tasks.
• Make yourself available to answer questions at appropriate times.
[Photo credit: Folsom Lake Hand Crew]
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Sight Is An Illusion
To create the experience of sight, your brain references your conceptual understanding of the world, other knowledge, your memories, opinions, emotions, mental attention. All of these things and far more are linked in your brain to your sight. - Isacc Lidsky
In the fire service, we talk a lot about vision (leader's intent) and situation awareness. In this blog we are focusing on what we see and the reality each of is creating. We don't want to give too much away, so watch Isacc Lidsky's video and then dig a little deeper into the subject and discuss the video on our Facebook page when we share it there.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Respect: Know Your Subordinates and Look Out for Their Well-being
Respect: Know your subordinates and look out for their well-being.• Put the safety of your subordinates above all other objectives.
• Take care of your subordinate's needs.
• Resolve conflicts between individuals on the team.
[Photo credit: Kari Greer]
• Take care of your subordinate's needs.
• Resolve conflicts between individuals on the team.
[Photo credit: Kari Greer]
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Duty: Develop Your Subordinates for the Future
Duty: Develop your subordinates for the future.• Clearly state expectations.
• Delegate tasks that you are not required to do personally.
• Consider individual skill levels and developmental needs when assigning tasks.
[Photo credit: Brian Childs]
• Delegate tasks that you are not required to do personally.
• Consider individual skill levels and developmental needs when assigning tasks.
[Photo credit: Brian Childs]
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Beyond the Rose-Colored Glasses
(Photo credit: Creatas Images) |
As part of the 2017 Wildland Fire Leadership campaign, we will focusing on authenticity. In this blog we share information about the impact a leader can have by sharing positive emotions. We challenge you to go beyond the aspect of "rose-colored" glasses and look at the science behind a mindset of positivity.
Whether or not you embrace the mindset of positivity, we challenge you to watch Barbara Fredrickson's videoes below and see how inducing positive emotions can enhance situation awareness and productivity.Monday, February 13, 2017
Duty: Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished.
Duty: Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished.
- Issue clear instructions.
- Observe and assess actions in progress without micro-managing.
- Use positive feedback to modify duties, tasks and assignments when appropriate.
[Photo credit: Kari Greer/USFS]
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Duty: Make sound and timely decisions
Duty: Make sound and timely decisions.
• Develop contingencies and consider consequences.
• Improvise within the commander's intent to handle a rapidly changing environment.
[Photo credit: Folsom Lake Hand Crew]
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Connecting through Reading
(Photo credit: Alpine IHC chose Extreme Ownership as their crew book for 2016) |
We challenge you take a moment to watch "How and Why We Read" and then read on.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Duty: Be proficient in your job, both technically and as a leader.
Duty: Be proficient in your job, both technically and as a leader.
- Take charge when in charge.
- Adhere to professional standard operating procedures.
- Develop a plan to accomplish given objectives.
[Photo credit: Kari Greer/USFS]
Thursday, February 2, 2017
IGNITE: Trust is the Foundation
Leadership functions on the basis of trust. When trust is gone, the leader soon will be. – John C. MaxwellIGNITE the Spark for Leadership. LIKE and SHARE throughout your networks.
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[Photo: Kari Greer/USFS, Pioneer Fire 2016]