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The Hypocrisy of Our “Leaders”
I have been pretty busy lately. I have been working with others to educate about the reduction in benefits being proposed right now for the firefighters, police officers, teachers and others in South...
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Leadership That Matters, Part 16
I was giving Zach Green from MN8 Foxfire a tour of our department when I got a call from Lt. C down at Station 7. There is some construction going on next door to the station. The landscape...
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Connectivity
Over and over again, I discover how we are all connected and find it to be an amazing phenomenon. Too many events happen in this universe that are beyond being explained as coincidence and in social...
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Project “Viral Likes”
Since some of the readers out there can't make it past the first paragraph, here's the summarized version: [1] Once a day (that's all you have to do) when you log into your social network, take a...
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Hey! Pay Attention! This Is Important!
This is not the toilet. But it is cool. This is not the toilet. But it is cool.Okay, what started as a skirmish has turned into a full-on battle. A bunch of the old timers from the FireEMSBlogs...
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Stay Balanced
Hopefully you have been noticing my absence recently. Hopefully. But I have had a lot going on and one of the courses I am taking in a quest for another degree, this one to finish up my Bachelors in...
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It’s Been A While
Things get busy for me in the autumn, with our annual Buddy Walk, the holidays, kids' events, and the like. While I really use this blog for just saying what is on my mind, a lot of times in this part...
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Leadership That Matters: Series Links
Back in 2012 I ran a 21-part series on Firehouse Zen on altruism and leadership (going back I realized I skipped Part 18- go figure). There are any number of analogous theories that run along this...
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Lost Trust
I was reading an article this morning about yet another mutt (just because they are a “member” somewhere, I refuse to call them “firefighter”) whose actions erode the community’s trust in us as they...
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The Annapolis Mansion Fire, Investigating, and of course, The Haters
Photo: Glenn Miller, AP As you are well aware, there was an extraordinarily tragic fire this week in Annapolis, MD* where it appears six people- two grandparents and four of their grandchildren- may...
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Five Hundred and Five – Abandonment
This is the five hundred and fifth post for Firehouse Zen. I would probably have called attention to number five hundred, but it was in the middle of the series honoring my brother’s 50th birthday and...
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Real World Leadership
A zen saying goes roughly like this: “The use of the wheel is where all the spokes form to make the hole.” Another: “The most useful part of a bowl is the empty space within.” As a leader, my role...
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Compassionate Leadership
I was reviewing an article on Forbes.com about compassionate leadership today. While I tend to resist what is “trendy” regarding leadership, the traits that author Margie Warrell shares as a best...
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Transitions
I’m retiring. I said it a while back and the day is upon me. It’s only one thing I am retiring from, the job I have worked at for three and a half decades, but in that time I have seen a lot. I will...
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