IGNITE: Our Organizational Leaders

 

Our organizational leaders plan for future operations as well as mentor promising people for key roles in our organizations. - Leading the Wildland Fire Service, p. 23

[Photo: Kari Greer/USFS]

We Reap What We Sow - Preparation

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"We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see." - Michelle Obama, "Becoming"

Undoubtedly you've heard the old adage, "We reap what we sow"? Good or bad, we may never know the results of our efforts.

Every stage of the process is critical and worthy of attention. Therefore, this will be a multi-part series using the leadership environment framework and a farming analogy.

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Leaders most important assets are their people. One of a leader's most important duties is developing their people for the future. Easily said, but not so easily done; otherwise, everyone would be doing it. Leaders have a duty to develop those they lead (including self), the integrity to know if they are fit for duty, and respect for the well-being of those they lead.

Sharon Allen-Brick’s Strategic Five-year Plan for Leading a Program

On today's blog Sharon Allen-Brick, USFS Assistant Director, Workforce Development and Fire Training, shares a 5-year program management model she learned during a 1985 Professor of Women’s Studies  “Women in Fire” conference at Portland State University and adapted to lead her programs.

Thank you, Sharon, for sharing your knowledge with us.