What you do matters. What you say matters. How you treat
others matters.
What you drive does not matter. What you wear does not
matter (except for PPE). The number within your bank account doesn’t matter.
What matters is your connection to others, the way that you treat them and the manner in which you conduct yourself. You are wearing and driving a billboard. That is what matters.
Somewhere along the line a lot of people lost site on what
matters. I am guilty of it. We all struggle with many things that rob us of our
focus. I am fortunate to have a group of people that do their best to keep me
on task and directed. If you haven’t found your board of directors and what
that is about then I suggest you start here. Captain Andrew Starnes does an
amazing job of outlining what your Board of Directors should look like.
Where did the shift come from?
Did we focus too much on science and technology and changing
bad or outdated techniques?
Is it a cultural divergent that has led us to this point?
Do we just not care?
Interpersonal skills are not covered in Fire I or II. It is
only covered nominally in many of the leadership programs.
An entire market has been created by motivating individuals
to grow and succeed. It is one of the reasons that NexGen is developing some of
the programs that we are developing. The bottom line is this though. You still
have to be able to effectively be a people person. You have to be able to speak
with them on their bad days and their good days.
Its not just here in the fire service folks, its everywhere.
Workforce dynamics are changing dramatically. Close nit people in close nit
environments tend to develop a connection. I will agree that those of us
blessed to be able to go out and battle ole man fire may have a different level
of resolve to our friendships but the bottom line is that the “brotherhood”
isn’t really dead. It is still there. It’s just a little more diverse now, it’s
a little more “kinder & gentler” now.
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