IGNITE: Building a Strong Team

To build a strong team, you must see someone else's strength as a complement to your weakness and not a threat to your position or authority. - Christine Caine, author/speaker


[Photo: Zephyr Fire Crew]

Informal Leadership is Always Available

(Photo: Aaron Bartz)

Over a year ago, I dove into the Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program self-study leadership level courses on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. These courses have been a huge help in guiding me along on my current path. One of the first lessons I came across was the idea of informal leadership (specifically, leading up). At first, I didn’t understand or even know how to lead informally. With more reading, a lot of trial and error, and bumping and locking horns along the way, I felt ready to try to lead up and share what I learned with others. 

IGNITE: Contributing to Relationships

We cannot control a relationship. We can only contribute to a relationship. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being. ♦ Simon Sinek ♦ 

[Photo: Koreena Haynes/BLM]

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Challenge #47 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #47: Servant-Leaders create team members who depend on one another.

• Listen to MCTI’s Podcast with Sebastian Junger.

• Dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: Happy Thanksgiving 2023

Give thanks with a grateful heart.

We are thankful for you! Happy Thanksgiving!

[Photo: Union IHC]

Busy Bandwagons and Infinity Pools

 

("Free 3D Business Men Marching Concept" by lumaxart is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.)


How are you doing today?

If your answer was or has ever been “I am busy,” this blog is for you. 

IGNITE: Care and Appreciation

 

Servant-Leaders demonstrate a level of caring and appreciation that unconditionally affirms others—whoever they are, whatever their circumstances, allowing each person to feel understood and appreciated. - James Sipe & Don Frick, Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership

[Photo: Utah BLM]

Challenge #46 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #46: Effective leaders and followers value relationships.

• Read “A Simple Approach to Relationship Building.”
• Journalize a plan to build relationships with your people.
• Dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: Listening is Understanding Why

 

Listening is understanding why the words were spoken. – Simon Sinek

[Photo: Midewin IHC]

You Are Worth the Work

We pick up today's blog where my last blog ended. At the end of See, Solve, Scale, Danny Warshay introduced the concept of “ikigai” (pronounced ee-kee-guy). “Ikigai” is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. – Wikipedia

Reugebrink Honored for Mentoring & Teamwork

(Michelle with Patrick Morgan)

Michelle Reugebrink
Resiliency and Personal Effectiveness Program Manager/USDA Forest Service (previously, now working for OPM HR Solutions)

Honored for Mentoring and Teamwork

Michelle Reugebrink has been selected as one of the recipients for the 2022 Paul Gleason Lead by Example award. Three individuals from across the wildland fire service have been chosen to receive this national award.

Jorge Amaya Honored for Innovation & Initiative

(Patrick Morgan, Jorge Amaya, and Ashleigh D'Antonio)

Jorge Amaya
USFS R3 Coronado NF – Nogales RD
Honored for Initiative and Innovation

Jorge Amaya has been selected as one of the recipients for the 2022 Paul Gleason Lead by Example award. Three individuals from across the wildland fire service have been chosen to receive this national award.

IGNITE: Be Excellent to Each Other

 

BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER! - Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Happy World Kindness Day!

[Photo: Kyle Miller/ Wyoming IHC]

Challenge #45 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 Challenge #45 – Servant-Leaders measure team performance against a set of standards.

• Transfer the standards for team performance (pp.89-90) in Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership into your leadership journal.
• Evaluate your team's performance against the standards.
• Develop a plan of action to address areas of weakness and acknowledge areas of strength.
• Dig deeper on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: Responding to the Needs of Others

The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. – Mollie Marti, author

[Photo: Tatanka IHC]

See, Solve, Scale

 

"Human Hamster Wheel - West Midlands Fire Service" by ell brown is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

We find ourselves in the midst of great change and instability. The speed of change is not likely to slow in our lifetime…if ever. Check out the last four revolutions:

• 1^st Industrial Revolution (production/textiles): mid- to late 1700s to mid-1800s
• 2^nd Industrial Revolution (electrification and mass-production): mid-1800s to late 1900s
• 3^rd Industrial Revolution (digitalization): late 1990s to 2009
• 4^th Industrial Revolution (digitalization transformation; think bionics): 2010 to present

IGNITE: Shine a Light

Leadership is not about pulling people to follow your path. It's about shining enough light for them to find their own route. – Adam Grant, author and professor

[Photo: Tallac IHC]

Challenge #44 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #44 – Servant-Leaders engage all members/leaders of the team.

• Transfer the leadership roles (pp. 87-88) in Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership into your leadership journal.
• Match the various leader roles with members of your team.
• Consider assigning roles to team members to increase the effectiveness of your team.
• Collaborate with other SLs on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

IGNITE: You May Be Someone's World

 

"To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world." – The Daily Coach blog

[Photo: Jeremy Bennett/BIA]