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Alberto Olmos, President of the National Association of Hispanic Firefighters and a Captain in the San Jose Fire Department, exemplifies servant leadership—listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, growth and building community. In 1970, Robert K. Greenleaf coined the terms ‘servant-leader’ and ‘servant leadership’ in his essay, “The Servant as Leader.”
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“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first." Alberto doesn’t talk about leadership philosophies or styles. He does talk about the importance of the fire service embracing diversity and inclusion. Caring and humility illuminate his words, actions, and courteous respectfulness of others.
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About the Program: The Montgomery County High School Fire Science Program is a longstanding fire and EMS cadet program for 11th and 12th graders in Montgomery County Public Schools. The program has 19 students this year and has the capacity for 25. Students need to be 16 years of age the day class starts, have a 2.5 GPA and pass a health and fitness requirement. The program is two hours a day, five days a week throughout the school year. Gordon Graham, Co-President of Lexipol—a provider of risk management resources for public safety organizations—is well known in the fire service as an educator and trainer. He’s also the co-owner of the website, www.firefighterclosecalls.com. In 2005, Gordon received the “Presidential Award for Excellence” from the International Association of Fire Chiefs for his lifelong work in improving firefighter safety and performance. A short while ago, we video taped Gordon for our training program, Recruiting & Retaining Diversity in The Fire ServiceTM. We are sharing ‘in-print’ some of his nuggets of wisdom that we captured. |
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Happy New Year from FIRE 20/20! Thank you for your continued readership and support! We wish you the best in 2010. Happening Now Mastering Change in The Fire Service WorkforceTM The Washington State Council of Firefighters and Washington State Fire Chiefs are jointly promoting the two-day workshop, Mastering Change in The Fire Service Workforce. Upcoming Events Recruiting and Retaining Diversity in The Fire ServiceTM February 23 , 2010 Learn more information about the training.
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