I read an excellent article by David Witt today about how ego affects leadership. David is the Program Director for The Ken Blanchard Companies and published this article in Chief Learning Officer. The title of the article is When Ego Trumps the Company. The article, published July 24, 2014, starts with: Ego is only a few
The Firefighter Brotherhood… If You’re Not a Part of it, You May Not Understand I’m very proud to be a part of the “REAL FAMILY” that finished the work of a brother that gave his life in the West explosion. A special thank you to Irving Firefighter Les Pratt for heading up the effort. Click
Re-Posted from today’s neighborsgo IRVING in the Dallas Morning News Irving Fire Department announces two awards By Deborah Fleck / News Assistant dfleck@dallasnews.com 3:23 pm on March 11, 2014 | Permalink The Irving Fire Department recently received the first “Recognized Best Practices Fire Department” from the Texas Fire Chiefs Association. Texas is the first state in the country to implement a state
Yesterday we talked about what the Texas Fire Chief’s Association Best Practices Recognition Program is and discussed the tools that are available to help with organizing the workflow and filing the documents electronically. Today we’ll look at why the Best Practices Recognition Program was important for the Irving Fire Department. The TFCA Best Practices Recognition
Yesterday we explored Everett Rogers theory of Diffusion of Innovation to get a handle on how innovations are accepted and adopted by social groups. Today we will look at what the Texas Fire Chief’s Association Best Practices Recognition Program is and tomorrow we will look at why it is important for your fire department to embrace.
Come on out and be a part of Texas Fire Service history. Tonight at the Irving City Council Meeting the Irving Fire Department will be the first fire department to ever be awarded the Best Practices designation from the Texas Fire Chiefs Association. The Best Practices Recognition Program was developed by fire service professionals from
Yesterday, we started by looking at a model for change that helps us understand our organizational past, where we are in the present and what our preferred future might look like if everything we did went RIGHT. (Click Here for Part 1) The TFCA Best Practices criteria provide a blue print to help us understand
The fire service is well respected across the country and consistently receives high praise from citizens and business alike. It is not uncommon to hear statements around the fire station like “We’ve never left one burning… Why not keep doing what we’ve been doing? The answer is: Only Different Leads to a New Destination!!! Change is hard and the fire service
Change is hard… Usually change is really really hard!!! However, all of us have something that we would like to change or know needs to change but we are having a hard time making it happen. Here is an article that I used for the Irving Fire Departments Strategic Planning Team but it applies to
Here is a link to the first update we did on Captain Bill Dowling on June 11, 2013. Since then there have been really good days and really bad days for Iron Bill and his family. Check out the video and then check out the Workout Challenge to inspire Bill and his family below the
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