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]

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]

Knife Hand Strong!!

(By Kurmis - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia)

When I was younger and playing collegiate and professional basketball, "leadership" focused on the direct and constant yelling of orders. This communication style was based on colorful language that cannot be repeated here with the yeller using the "knife hand." 

3 Cookies @ 11:30

Failure. Defeat. Frustration. Collapse. Floundering. Mistakes. Oversight. These are powerful words and very descriptive of not completing something and not achieving or thriving. Are any of you feeling these words a month into the new year?

Challenge #1 - 2023 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #1

Effective leaders are servants first.

• Download and read “Servant leadership: How to lead by serving your team.”
• Join us on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal for a robust learning experience. (Portal registration required. Search for “Wildland Fire Leadership Campaign.”)

Statera

(Photo: Chris Ayer)

My wife probably will not be as excited about this post as she has been about some of the other ones; but, to me it hammers home a point—a wildfire spouse learns burn periods, has taken an S-290 class (even if it was taught unwillingly), and eventually understands the inner workings of regions, GACCs, and the NICC. A direct quote from my beautiful wife:

What the hell are you doing on the phone constantly? Working after everyone goes to bed? It is not even season and might be inching into a burn period, but it is off season. You need to spend some time with the family!! (This quote might have been edited slightly for colorful language.)

IGNITE: Share the Pain & Joy

 

“Pain shared is pain divided. Joy shared is joy multiplied.” - Dave Grossman, author
[Photo: Jacob McIntyre, Bear Jaw Interagency Fire & Fuels Crew]

IGNITE: Treat Them Well

 

“Train them well enough so that they can leave, treat them well enough so that they won't want to leave.” - Sir Richard Branson

[Photo: Lassen IHC]

The Art of a Positivity

Photo: Aaron Bartz

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problem and find you are ready for greater challenges. – Pat Riley

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. – Wade Boggs

IGNITE: Making a Difference

 

 What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. - Jane Goodall

[Photo by Jo Egbert (handler), Denali (Mini Australian Shepherd); Georgia (French Bulldog), Amanda Thiel (handler)

IGNITE: Bigger Than Self

Your strengths are irrelevant until you put them to use in service to something bigger than yourself. - Dan Rockwell, leadership expert

Challenge #36 - 2022 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #36: Effective teachers/leaders do not overwhelm their students/people.

• Create agendas where topics last no more than 20 minutes.
• Ensure smooth transitions between topics and schedule quality breaks.
• Obtain feedback from your students/people.

Are You Willing to Go All-In?

(Photo credit: Chris Ayer)

When was the last time that you gave a little kid a tour of your engine? When was the last time you threw lights and sirens or blew the air horn for a kid pumping his arm emphatically?

IGNITE: We Must Listen

Why is it so difficult to realize that others are more likely to listen to us if first we listen to them? - Coach John Wooden

[Photo: Avi Farber/BLM]

IGNITE: Stand With Your People

“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”

- Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

[Photo: Baker River IHC]

 

IGNITE: Teach and Give

 “When you learn, teach.

When you get, give.”

Maya Angelou

[Photo: Kari Greer/USFS]

IGNITE: Making a Better Word

 

A “leadership course” should not be about “making better leaders.” It should be about helping leaders make a better world. - Tom Peters, American Author


[Photo: Midewin IHC]

IGNITE: Leadership Impacts

 

"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In


[Photo: Kari Greer/USFS]

IGNITE: Treating Your People

 

Treat employees like they make a difference and they will. - Jim Goodnight

[Photo: Golden Eagles IHC]

IGNITE: Believe Your People Have Greatness

Believe that your people have greatness inside of them.

Because they do.

- Stephen MR Covey

[Photo: Tallac IHC/Elsa Gaule