Don't Overestimate Your Leadership Ability
So let's talk about...the opportunity of leadership. When I finally earned the chance to become a lieutenant, I couldn't wait to come to...
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Building a Better Leader:
Empathy Improves Engagement
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Avoid Leading Under the Inuence of Emotions
Does Higher Education Really Fit Into the Fire Service's Mission?
Quieting a Heart At War:
Some Days I Hate This Job
Rethinking Leadership:
Are you people smart?
Benjamin Martin
- Nov 20, 2021
- 8 min
Your Passion Is Not The Problem: Confronting the Den of the Complacent
I hate to admit it, but sometimes I'm jealous of complacent people in the fire service. As infuriating as it is to watch their inflated...
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Benjamin Martin
- Apr 2, 2021
- 5 min
Rethinking Leadership: Finding Your Voice in Difficult Moments
When we join the fire service, one of our primary responsibilities is to take care of the resources given to us by our organization and...
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Benjamin Martin
- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
How to Fix a Stupid Rookie: Rethinking our expectations of company officers
As I drove the fire department SUV up to a brush fire scene, not far down the utility access road, I noticed the first arriving engine...
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Benjamin Martin
- Sep 11, 2019
- 5 min
Triumphs and Failures: An honest take on a leader's journey
#LeadersWanted My phone rings, and when I look down, I see that it's the fire chief calling. I know exactly why since the rumor mill had...
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Benjamin Martin
- Aug 29, 2019
- 4 min
We Reap What Leader's Take the Time to Sow
#LeadersWanted The other day I had a chance to take a transfer to a neighboring station and found our battalion chief standing by the...
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Benjamin Martin
- Jul 20, 2019
- 4 min
The Enemy is the Stuff Trying to Kill Us: Not Other Firefighters
#LeadersWanted Imagine a fire service where two people could disagree passionately on things, and one person stands out because of the...
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Benjamin Martin
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Cowardice from the Cheap Seats
#LeadersWanted I was standing in the parking lot of our training center shooting the breeze with a few guys when one of them said, "Hey...
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Benjamin Martin
- Apr 6, 2019
- 5 min
Confronting the Loudest Voice in the Room: How to Silence Critics
#LeadersWanted Early in the morning a single vehicle went over the interstate guardrail into a steel traffic pole. I arrived as the first...
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