The Fire Station Pyramid of Success

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The Fire StationPyramid of Success
BC Mark Emery Woodinville Fire Life Safety King
County, WA, USA
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BC Mark Emery

• Born 1953 Died
• 4th Generation Career Fire Fighter
• Battalion Chief, B-Shift
• Woodinville Fire Life Safety District
• CFAI Accredited Agency
• NFA Executive Fire Officer
• None of the above matters . . .

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John R. Wooden
More than 95 Graduated !

• 27 years UCLA Head Coach
• 620 wins 147 losses
• Four perfect seasons
• 19 PAC-10 championships
• 15 years to win first NCAA championship
• 10 NCAA championships in 12 years
• Seven consecutive NCAA championships

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Pauley Pavilion 149 wins 2 losses
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2003 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Images from www.medaloffreedon.com
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• Success is peace of mind
• which is a direct result of self-satisfaction
• in knowing you made the effort to do
• the best of which you are capable.

John. R. Wooden
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Coach WoodensFormula for Success
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Wrap your brain around this leadership model
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Legacy of Personal Professional Excellence
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Simple Universal True Proven
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Legacy of Personal Professional Excellence
SUCCESS
LEADERHIP
PREPARATION
CHARACTER
ATTITUDE
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Leadership FOUNDATION
Attitude!
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CHARACTER
Cooperation
Enthusiasm
Industrious
Friendship
Loyalty
Fire Station Pyramid of Success
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PREPARATION
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L E A D E R S H I P
Condition
Skill
Team Spirit
Intentness
Self-Control
Alertness
Initiative
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Personal Professional Excellence
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Legacy of Personal Professional EXCELLENCE
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Leadership FOUNDATION
Attitude!
The Attitude and Culture of your Fire Station
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ATTITUDE

• 1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5

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Industrious

• Without Industriousness you fail as a leader
• Not just when you feel like it
• Not just when somebody is watching
• Each day leave a better place
• Work smart (Nothing to do with time)
• Dine and Recline

Dont surrender your Leadership!
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Industrious
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You can work without industriousness, but you can
not be industrious without work.
John R. Wooden
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Enthusiasm

• Authentic Enthusiasm is contagious
• Heart must be in your vocation / avocation
• What you do more important than what you say
• Transforms the dull routine work
• Success impossible without Industriousness
  Enthusiasm

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You have to like what you are doing your heart
must be in it. Without enthusiasm you cant work
up to your fullest ability.
John R. Wooden
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Friendship

• Everybody gets along
• Shared appreciation
• Mutual dignity respect
• Camaraderie, fairness, goodwill
• Do not betray yourself or those you lead
• First foremost their leader, not their buddy

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Friendship is mutual doing good things for each
other.
John R. Wooden
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Loyalty

• To yourself
• To your Team
• To your fire station
• To your fire department
• To those that depend on you
• To your standards, your system, your values
• Cant be obtained unless first given

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Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges
individuals into a team.
John R. Wooden
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Cooperation

• With colleagues, bosses, other agencies
• Committed to what is right, not who is right
• Strong leaders accept blame give credit
• Assist others (dont hide dont watch)
• Consider the other side (moccasins)
• Complaining criticizing is toxic
• Solutions vs. Problems

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A leader must be interested in finding the best
way, not in having their own way.
John R. Wooden
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CHARACTER
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Be more concerned about your character than your
reputation. Character is what you really are.
Reputation is what people say you are.
John R. Wooden
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Self-Control

• Team control begins with Self-Control
• Necessary to achieve consistency
• Key to preparation and fitness
• Emotions under control
• Discipline yourself other wont need to
• Essential when disciplining others

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When you improve a little each day, eventually
big things occur.
John R. Wooden
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Alertness

• Alertness is a heads-up habit
• Constantly observing
• Quick to identify correct errors
• Always listening always observing
• Always learning always improving
• Practice urgent observation

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As you strive to reach your personal best,
alertness will make the task much easier.
John R. Wooden
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Initiative

• Turn the television off
• Get out of the recliner
• Initiative conquers mediocrity fear
• Mistakes failed action are part of progress
• Cultivate a vibrant alert atmosphere
• Creativity Follow-Through Success!

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TheSky Hook

• Problems
• vs.
• Opportunities

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Dont measure yourself by what you have
accomplished, rather by what you should have
accomplished with your ability.
John R. Wooden
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Intentness

• Definite purpose goal
• Industriousness requires smart work
• Good things take time (as it should)
• Firm resolve to stay the course (29 years!)
• Resist temptation to dine, recline bitch
• Creativity Follow-through Success!

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Intentness doesnt mean wanting something.
Intentness means doing something.
John R. Wooden
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PREPARATION
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When you improve a little each day, eventually
big things occur. Dont look for the big, quick
improvement.
John R. Wooden
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Condition

• Correct priorities
• Good balance
• Physical, mental, moral condition
• Leader Conditioning Coach
• Development improvement oriented
• Unselfish acknowledgement appreciation of
  colleagues, bosses, other organizations

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You must be conditioned for whatever youre
doing if youre going to do it to the best of
your ability.
John R. Wooden
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Skill

• The heart of the Pyramid
• Rock-solid fundamentals (Unconscious Competence)
• More important than experience!
• Know what to do how to do right
• Quick proper execution
• Inspired repetition Inspired execution

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Skill means being able to execute all of your
job, not just part of it.
John R. Wooden
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Team Spirit

• The star of the team is The Team
• Adjust to The Team (not the opposite)
• Unselfish care consideration
• Catalyst for enhancing Condition Skill
• Effort more important than results
• Eager, not willing Inspired, not motivated
• Team Spirit begins with Team selection

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People work with you, they dont work for you.
John R. Wooden
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L E A D E R S H I P
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Poise

• Command presence
• You cant fake poise
• Preparation Dont need to act
• Poise sustained by Pyramid blocks below
• Grace under pressure
• Preparation At ease in any situation
• Total effort to be best you can be

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I dont believe poise and confidence can come
about until all the other blocks are in place.
John R. Wooden
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Confidence

• Confident, not arrogant
• Respect without fear or intimidation
• You are prepared The Team is prepared
• Confidence in yourself
• Confidence in The Team
• Expect others to have confidence in you

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You must believe in yourself if you expect others
to believe in you.
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LEADERSHIP

• A good Leader is
• first and foremost
• a good Teacher

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This defines a leader If you cant teach and
you cant inspire you cant lead.
John R. Wooden
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SELF - LEADERSHIP
Unstable! without The Team
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TEAM LEADERSHIP
The Team is incomplete without your
Industriousness, Self-Control, Condition, Poise
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When you start having all the right answers, you
will stop asking all the right questions.
John R. Wooden
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FIRE STATIONLEADERSHIP
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Legacy of Personal Professional EXCELLENCE
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Knowledge is not enough. You must be able to
transfer what you know to those you lead not
just the nuts and bolts material, your
standards, values, ideals, beliefs, as well as
your way of doing things.
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Personal Professional Excellence
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Personal Professional Excellence

• Excellence is not perfection
• Excellence is continuous effort
• Excellence is continuous improvement
• At your best when your best is needed
• You are in control of your legacy
• Even when nobody is looking

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SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP

• Leadership requires Poise Confidence
• Poise Confidence requires Preparation
• Preparation requires reliable Character
• Reliable Character requires a good Attitude
• A good Attitude requires Peace of Mind . . .

which is a direct result of knowing you made the
effort to do the best of which you are capable.
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Behavioral mortar bonds the Pyramid blocks
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Empire State Building
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Empire State Building one piece a time
REMEMBER 14 15 29
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Learn as if you were going to live forever live
as if you were going to die tomorrow.
John R. Wooden
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Final Game 1974 National Championship Double
Overtime Defeated Louisville 75-74
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• Establish Your Legacy

Personal Professional EXCELLENCE
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Excellent Resources
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In the end, the choice you make makes you.
John R. Wooden
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Thank You!
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