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The Leader as Teacher
08-12-11 -- Great leaders and great teachers share many of the same attributes: competence, compassion, purpose, patience, a commitment to learning, discovery, excellence and the fulfillment of human potential; their communication promotes understanding. Can a great leader and a great teacher be … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: consent decree, IABPFF, Leadership, Muslim, Racism, sexism Categories: Newsletter
Fighting Fire with Quotas (City Journal)
10-27-10 -- NOTE: This article is traveling around the web, fueling the old flames of affirmative action and quotas. For the record, diversity and inclusion are NOT ABOUT LOWERING STANDARDS. FIRE 20/20′s mission is a QUALIFIED, DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE and SAFETY-CONSCIOUS fire service. … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: Affirmative Action, Diversity, FDNY, inclusion, Racism, recruitment, retention, sexism, Testing, women Categories: Article
Facilitating Courageous Conversations about Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Transphobia
05-14-10 -- jona olsson (she uses all small letters for her name), the Fire Chief of the Latir Volunteer Fire Department in the unincorporated communities of El Rito, Latir and Sunshine Valley, north of Questa, New Mexico, has been a champion for … Read More >
Posted by: Larry Sagen Tags: homophobia, Racism, sexism, transphobia, UK Categories: Newsletter
Focus on Leadership – Adam Thiel
10-09-09 -- Adam Thiel is the fire chief for the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Adam is a thought leader—one who enlivens old processes with new ideas. The qualities that make Adam a thought leader were acknowledged by Governor Mark Warner back in … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: ageism, Alexandria, Leadership, Racism, sexism, Virginia Categories: Newsletter
A Must Read: Real Heat
08-10-08 -- Dr. Carol Chetkovich is now a professor of Public Policy at Mills College in Oakland, California. Real Heat:Gender and Race in the Urban Fire Service started as research for her dissertation. In 1992, Carol started following “the men and women … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: book, California, Oakland, recruits, sexism, women Categories: Newsletter
