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The Uncovering of Leadership Part 3: Leadership Through Strength

Strengthening can often be summed up in a few dynamic and inexhaustible terms… Healing Mending Rallying Recovering Rejuvenating Restored Character is the cornerstone of living from a place of strength. By accepting who they are and making conscious choices to live by their values, people can experience radical transformation. Such a shift requires courage and …

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The Uncovering of Leadership Part 2: The Dimensions of Leadership

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Leadership

Strengthening Direction Support Synergy Awakening to Truth Strengthen Strength Leaders learn to embrace their true selves and live their life in accordance with their core beliefs. They demonstrate a commitment to taking ownership of their actions, decisions, and responsibilities, understanding that these will shape their future. This attitude is more than just an idea – …

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The Uncovering of Leadership Part 1 – What is 5 Dimensional Leadership?

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Leadership

Excepts from our course 5 Dimensional Leadership and will be a multi-part series- I have had a fair bit of conversations with folks about leadership – ranging from fire service, search and rescue, public business working with the government and government working with the private sector and to say the atmosphere of what is and isn’t …

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Building Your Own Anti-Gravity Machine: AHD Using the TerrAdaptor Part 2

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Dynamic Directional, Elevated Anchor Systems, Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage, TerrAdaptor, Two Rope Offsets

Sideways Easel A-Frame Resultant Insight (Taken from our A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems online course… ) We’ve added this compression member with a tension element added to it. The reason we did this is because we previously had to keep our resultant between our two legs. As you’ll see …

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Building Your Own Anti-Gravity Machine: AHD Using the TerrAdaptor Part 1

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Designing Your Processes, Dynamic Directional, Elevated Anchor Systems, Offset Track Line, Portable Anchors

Anti-gravity (also known as non-gravitational field) is a hypothetical phenomenon of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity. I love the word, hypothetical! – Very non-committal. You can play in a sandbox of “theory” and never be wrong. However, the other side of theory is a “proving ground”. So is …

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How Recessions Impact Fire Departments and Search & Rescue in the US – Part 4: Alternative Source of Revenue

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Leadership, Personal Competencies, Principles of Learning, Professional Standards

When public safety is at stake, the government must provide adequate funding for emergency services such as fire departments. Unfortunately, when money is scarce and other projects are given priority over necessary emergency services, the consequences can be dire. In this blog post, we will explore how the public would respond to a situation where …

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How Recessions Impact Fire Departments and Search & Rescue in the US – Part 3: Staffing Reductions

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Leadership, Safe Practices, Team Competencies, Technical Learning

Fire departments and search and rescue teams rely heavily on the training and skills of their personnel to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. Unfortunately, during economic downturns, these organizations may need to reduce staffing to stay within their budget. This can lead to longer response times and an increased risk of injury or death. …

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How Recessions Impact Fire Departments and Search & Rescue in the US – Part 2: Budgets

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Team Competencies, Technical Learning

During a recession, budget cuts are often necessary for local governments. Fire departments are particularly affected, which can lead to fewer resources for training and equipment. This means that response times may become slower, and fire personnel might not be as effective in emergency situations than they could otherwise be. One way to help mitigate …

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How Recessions Impact Fire Departments and Search & Rescue in the US – Part 1

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Leadership, Professional Standards, Safe Practices, Search and Rescue Training

When economic downturns hit the United States, it can have far-reaching consequences on how public safety services, such as fire departments and search and rescue, are able to continue operating. While many state and local budgets attempt to protect these essential services from budget cuts during times of recession, there can often be reduced funding …

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Vision Is Never Optional – Starting Over Happens… Always Have Your Plans Backed Up!

By Lance Piatt / Blog, Personal Competencies / 121 Comments

Vision is vital to growth. Growth as a person. Growth as a leader. Growth as a business. Growth as steward. Vision also must deal with a whole new learning curve. Adding Something Means You Have To Remove Something Pretty much anyone who does anything for any length of time will eventually have to start over. …

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