Instead of thinking of me as the “diversity hire”.... be open to what great things I can bring to the table.
Brooke A., Beloit Wisconsin FireFighter
Women
Married to Military
People come into the military very young & get married…. A difficulty that we had, my […]
I am what would be considered a “late bloomer” in the fire service—why?
Because as a woman, it never occurred to me that this was an option for me......Part of what I want to help with is to empower those who may not have even thought that this was an option—be it military, law enforcement, or fire.
-Brooke Ames, Firefighter
The Incomplete You Mini Lesson 4 The Incomplete leaders know that leadership exists throughout the organizational hierarchy- wherever […]
The Incomplete You: Mini Lesson 2
The Incomplete You Mini Lesson 2 In fact, the sooner leaders stop trying to be all things […]
Harvard Business Review on Leadership/Discovering your Authentic Leadership/ Mini Lesson 1 Yet many leaders, especially those early in […]
Each morning I would walk into the classroom and discuss with my students the quote I wrote on […]
The Raisin Experiment It’s important to take care of ourselves. You can’t give what you don’t […]
Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? Mini Lesson 4
Consider the larger Picture.
There is an idea in academia called the Niceness Penalty, Here is my example of it: I was […]
Some years ago, I was hired to be a military leadership instructor for Air University. This job was […]