I am grateful to have been selected as a contributor in October 2024 Firehouse Magazine's leadership section with my article, "What Are the Key Drivers of Firefighter Engagement?" I have a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma and am currently in a PhD change leadership program at the University of Central Arkansas.
Leadership is about caring for your team, building relationships, and developing trust. It is concerned with individual growth and development by helping people discover their hidden talents, gifts, and potential to achieve collective results working as a team. Part of leadership is engaging people to achieve these goals, but how do you help firefighters become genuinely engaged and, most importantly, remain engaged?
In the article below, I discuss three key psychological factors that drive firefighter engagement: to feel psychologically and uniquely valued, to feel psychologically safe and secure, and to feel psychologically supported. I also developed three key exercises that fire chiefs and officers can implement on their teams to drive the components of engagement.
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