The current world-wide crisis of COVID-19 virus has created challenges for leaders all up and down the leadership spectrum. Hopefully you wi

Many thanks to Industrial Fire World for covering the story of our new partnership with TEEX. This is a tremendous leap forward for the Brave Fire Leader Onl...

Battalion Chief Peter Teliha - a guest blogger, shares his secret weapon in dealing with station conflict using guided discovery.

Brave Fire Leader and TEEX have formed a partnership to deliver the Brave Fire Leader Online Courses to firefighter extension students

What discipline you are in or what type of organization you lead does not matter. These leadership keys apply in every setting for leaders.

Many thanks to firehouse.com for posting our new announcement about the Brave Fire Leader Online Academy. We are grateful when any news organization understa...

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 promote individuals th...

“Annual Misery” is how I’ve heard leaders and employees alike refer to their performance appraisal process. Most complaints center around the time it takes t...

Taking an hour out of the year to honor staff is the best gift you can give.

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 nutrition textbook while...

I am relatively new to Hall County Fire Services in Gainesville, Georgia.  This is my 36th year as a Firefighter / Paramedic and was brought here to head up ...

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 the clock. I frequentl...

"I approached Kelly Walsh and Chief Dan Jones because we were in need of an officer development program that provided a combination of learning through tradi...

"This experience was exceptional! The academy provided an excellent opportunity for collaboration with other fire service leaders. Kelly and Dan shared valua...