In his new book Step Up and Lead, Frank Viscuso--author, speaker, and career deputy chief--shares the secrets of effective fire service leadership, introduces the traits and skills essential for successful fire service leaders, and discusses the importance of customer service. Designed to help you reach the top of your profession, this new book is considered must-read material for anyone who is ready to step up and lead!
The book discusses various proven firefighting team-building methods you can implement immediately.
With Step Up, equality advocate Ash Beckham challenges us to embrace a different vision of leadership—to stop focusing on external authorities and start reclaiming our own ability to create change. “What we need most are everyday ...
This book artfully unravels many of the complexities and demystifies the actions needed to make something positive happen.
This important new book is designed to serve many purposes in the fire service, ranging from being a starting point and refresher guide for firefighters seeking promotions at any level, to being a field operational guide for on-scene ...
It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.
If your goal is to lead your team to operate at the highest possible level, It's Time to Step Up! will help you achieve that goal.
Topics Include: Improving morale; Critiquing and delegation techniques; Dealing with insubordination; Conducting effective meetings and after-action reviews.
This period of the change (particularly in the early months of Year 2) can sometimes feel a little bit like a no-man's land, because while leaders are now trying to step back, managers may not yet have completely stepped up.
Through activities, reflection prompts, and real-life stories and scenarios, this book helps women navigate these challenges to find their own leadership identity." -- Back cover.
This book captures the true spirit of firefighting and all the emotions that accompany what has been called both the greatest and most stressful job on earth.