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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 7: The Superman/Superwoman
Welcome to installment seven of the Nine Dangerous Mindsets series. While these mindsets may have many dangerous implications, my focus is to bring light to how they can impact situational awareness and first responder safety. I have been receiving some … Continue reading
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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 6: The Silent
Before I get into this topic, I want to give a little shout out to attendees from my “Get in the Loop” tour stops so far in 2012. If you haven’t been following my Twitter updates (including my surviving a … Continue reading
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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 5: The Stubborn
Welcome to the fifth of the nine-part series on dangerous mindsets that can impact first responder situational awareness and, subsequently, their safety. In this article I am going to address the stubborn team member. This individual can be described as … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, decision making, ego, fire chief, fire command, firefighter safety, firefighter situational awareness, five step assertive statement process, incident command, incident commander, leadership, public safety, safety, self-esteem, situational awareness, stubborn
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Nine Dangerous Mindsets: Part 4 – The Superior
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Dangerous Mindsets series. Previously I talked about the dangerous mindsets of the Starter, the Subordinate and the Specialist. This article addresses the Superior or, more appropriately, the Superior with personal issues and how … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, decision making, ego, fire chief, fire command, firefighter safety, firefighter situational awareness, five step assertive statement process, incident command, incident commander, leadership, public safety, safety, self-esteem, situational awareness, superiority complex
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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 2: The Subordinate
Being a subordinate is an inherently essential skill for first responders. Borrowing a line from the movie A Few Good Men “We follow orders or people die.” This is true. However, consistent with the outcome of the movie, sometimes BECAUSE … Continue reading
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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 1: The Starter
One of the human factors influencing situational awareness is the mindset of the first responder. Mindset is based on beliefs, biases and self-perception. Mindset may also be influenced by organizational culture and peer pressure. In this series I am going … Continue reading
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Tagged dangerous mindsets, decision making, decision making under stress, ego, fear, firefighter safety, firefighter situational awareness
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