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Guest Blog: The Fire Service Leader's Secret Weapon – Popcorn!!
Battalion Chief Peter Teliha - a guest blogger, shares his secret weapon in dealing with station conflict using guided discovery.
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Kelly Walsh
Jan 27, 20203 min read
Brave Fire Leader Partners with TEEX
Brave Fire Leader and TEEX have formed a partnership to deliver the Brave Fire Leader Online Courses to firefighter extension students
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Chief Dan Jones
Dec 19, 20194 min read
Leadership Keys to Success
What discipline you are in or what type of organization you lead does not matter. These leadership keys apply in every setting for leaders.
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Kelly Walsh
Dec 16, 20194 min read
Brave Fire Leader Academy Online Official Launch
Many thanks to firehouse.com for posting our new announcement about the Brave Fire Leader Online Academy. We are grateful when any news...
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Chief Dan Jones
Nov 26, 20193 min read
Be in Control of Your Career! Don’t wait on someone else to do it for you.
One thing we don’t do well in the Fire Service is career development. We talk about it A LOT but we actually do a poor job with it. We...
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Kelly Walsh
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Informal feedback that you and your team will love
“Annual Misery” is how I’ve heard leaders and employees alike refer to their performance appraisal process. Most complaints center around...
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Kelly Walsh
Nov 7, 20194 min read
Just 1 Hour
Taking an hour out of the year to honor staff is the best gift you can give.
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Kelly Walsh
Oct 17, 20193 min read
Funyuns® Guide to Learning about Leadership
What do these two items above have in common? At first glance, not much, which is why I LOL’d when I saw a college student reading a...
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Kelly Walsh
Oct 16, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Charles Mead, Engineer/CEP Pinetop Fire Department
2019 Bay Area High Performance Training “Another leadership training, the same old information just regurgitated by someone.” This was my...
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Kelly Walsh
Oct 15, 20192 min read
Testimonial: Kevin Johnson, Training Chief, Hall County Fire Services, Gainesville, GA
I am relatively new to Hall County Fire Services in Gainesville, Georgia. This is my 36th year as a Firefighter / Paramedic and was...
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Kelly Walsh
Oct 15, 20193 min read
Don’t order the T-shirts Chief… and other Time Management ideas
The fire department leaders I work with fight many battles on and off the fire ground. One that comes up most often is the battle with...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Jack McGovern, Lieutenant, Fredericksburg (VA) Fire Department
"I had the honor of attending the Inaugural Virginia Chief Officer Academy in July of 2016. Chief Dan Jones and Kelly Walsh were the...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Shawn Lazar, Battalion Chief, Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue
"I would like to let you know how beneficial the Virginia Chief Officer Academy has been to me. During our week together we received so...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Philip Burkett, Captain, Albemarle County Fire Rescue
2016 Virginia Chief Officer’s Academy "The Virginia Chief Officer’s Academy with instruction led by Kelly Walsh and Chief Dan Jones...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Benny Fulkerson, Battalion Chief, Oklahoma City Fire Department
"The 2017 SWFCA Leadership and Coaching Academy was well worth the time and effort. The instructors were knowledgeable, professional and...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Jon Kiernan, Fire Chief, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Fire Department
"I was just a few months into my job as fire chief when I enrolled in the SWFCA Leadership and Coaching Academy. I thought my years in...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Dan Eggleston, IAFC President and Fire Rescue Chief of Albemarle County Fire Rescue
"I approached Kelly Walsh and Chief Dan Jones because we were in need of an officer development program that provided a combination of...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Michael Talley, Fire Chief, Kitty Hawk Fire Department
"This experience was exceptional! The academy provided an excellent opportunity for collaboration with other fire service leaders. Kelly...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Tom Gherman, Captain, Roanoke Fire EMS Department
"I had a great experience at the VCOA in 2017. The College setting was a great place all around to learn. The daily class schedule and...
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Kelly Walsh
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Testimonial: Doug McCabe, Battalion Chief, Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue
"My time at the VCOA was very well spent. From the morning PT to the evening fireside chat and all the classroom in between far exceeded...
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