Chief Dan Jones
Poor Morale? What-cha’ doing about it?
Low Fire Department morale is often blamed on Chiefs and administration. That is an easy allegation but can be hard to actually explain...
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Chief Dan Jones
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Remembering Chapel Hill's Worst Fire
Listen to Dan Jones Podcast/Click Here May 12, 1996, was Graduation Day and Mothers' Day at UNC-Chapel Hill. It was tragically disrupted...
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Kelly Walsh
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Great Companies! Great Leaders! with Kelly Walsh, CEO
Kelly is the CEO of Kelly Walsh Consulting and has spent her career helping leaders make the right choices and delivering lasting...
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Kelly Walsh
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Chief Dan Jones & Kelly Walsh - "Facing the Fire"
Chief (ret) Dan Jones and business partner, Kelly Walsh are not newcomers to “5-Alarm Task Force.” But this time they return to announce...
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Kelly Walsh
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Spartanburg FD Entry Level Firefighter Exam
June 5, 2021
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Kelly Walsh
- Mar 2, 2021
- 7 min
Guest Blog | On Being Human: How Using Vulnerability Made Me a Better Leader
By Jack McGovern If you search for the definition of vulnerable on the internet, you will find varying degrees of the definition and...
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Kelly Walsh
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
January 2021 Brave Fire Leader Academy Leadership is never more important than in a crisis
SIGN UP TODAY and join the next COHORT starting in January. In times of crisis, the need for skilled leaders becomes most clear. ...
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Chief Dan Jones
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Toughest Job in the Fire Service!
I’m sure some fire-service leaders are going to disagree with this assertion, but I’ve pondered this matter for a long time. It seems...
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Kelly Walsh
- Sep 15, 2020
- 8 min
The Benefits of Leader Schizophrenia
Written by Kelly Walsh and Dan Jones Having multiple personalities at work is not usually considered to be a good thing. But think about...
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Kelly Walsh
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Average Jake Fire Fighter Blog
Episode 40: Brave Fire Leader w/ Kelly Walsh and Dan Jones Click Here for Podcast
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Kelly Walsh
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
"Crisis Management" with Steve Greene of the 5-Alarm Task Force
Listen to Chief Daniel Jones and Fire Leadership Coach Kelly Walsh as they discuss "Crisis Management" with Steve Greene of the 5-Alarm...
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Chief Dan Jones
- May 5, 2020
- 6 min
Did I sign up for THIS?
Lately I have read social media posts from several firefighters and EMS personnel saying “I didn’t sign up for this?”. I am not sure what...
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Kelly Walsh
- Apr 7, 2020
- 4 min
Create a Communication Strategy for your Organization – Pt. 2
Direct supervisors are the most trusted sources of information. So by having a solid way of passing information down the chain and backing i
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Kelly Walsh
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
Create a Communication Strategy for your Organization – Pt. 1
In times of crisis, it is easy to see whether there are flaws in your organization’s communication processes.
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Chief Dan Jones
- Mar 27, 2020
- 5 min
Excerpt from Rules of Crisis Management & Leadership
The current world-wide crisis of COVID-19 virus has created challenges for leaders all up and down the leadership spectrum. Hopefully you wi
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Kelly Walsh
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Brave Fire Leader Partners with TEEX
Many thanks to Industrial Fire World for covering the story of our new partnership with TEEX. This is a tremendous leap forward for the...
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Kelly Walsh
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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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Chief Dan Jones
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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 15, 2019
- 3 min
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
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Ripple Effect of Current Events on Fire Department Climate
The article can also be read on CEO Blog Nation. http://rescue.ceoblognation.com/2013/09/18/ripple-effect-current-events-impact-office-cl...
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Kelly Walsh
- Aug 13, 2019
- 3 min
Teeter Totter of Work Life Balance
The article can also be read on CEO Magazine. (http://the-ceo-magazine.com) http://blogs.the-ceo-magazine.com/guest/teeter-totter-conundr...
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Kelly Walsh
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
Welcome to the Brave Fire Leader Academy
Stay tuned for valuable content that will be posted here frequently. Welcome to the Brave Fire Leadership Academy Blog, here you will...
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