Recruitment and retention are by far the topics we get asked about most often at EMS Leadership Academy. It is understandable because it is a pervasive issue that is threatening the viability and stability of EMS organizations around the world. Recruitment and retention are usually talked about in one breath as if they are one […]
US Report on Characteristics & Challenges of Rural Ambulance Agencies
In this report was published by the The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) is a national policy research organization with a mission to: (1) undertake unbiased research and analysis on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America; (2) improve the understanding of the impacts of public policies and programs on rural people and places, […]
The Importance of Leading From a Vision
This time of year, most people have their attention on change of some sort. Whether you call them resolutions, goals, strategic plans or something else the point is to change how it is to how you’d like it to be. The sense of a clean slate at the beginning of the new year seems to […]
NHTSA Report Shows Overwhelming Support of EMS Funding Equity & Public Trust
In this national report published NHTSA in January 2020, a survey was conducted from 2016-2017 of over 12,000 individuals and the results are weighted to accurately reflect the national population of the United States. These statistics are inspiring and should be used to push for expanded funding from local government for improved training, equipment and staffing. […]
EMS Without Stress
What if stress, pressure and overwhelm are not required for EMS? There is a pervasive belief in EMS that stress, pressure, overwhelm and even burnout come with the territory; that due to the nature of the job, stress is a given. And it’s no wonder! Virtually every waking moment we are in survival mode, (also […]
How do I get our Board on-board?
Putting together a well rounded board of directors.We receive questions like this from across the country, and sometimes across the world, with very similar challenges – so don’t feel that you’re alone. Creating engagement with many stakeholders can feel like an impossible task. You not only have a board, but you have clients (or patients), […]
Why do organizations tend to be so negative?
“That’s never going to work”, “We’ve tried that before”, “The problem is…” Does this sound familiar? Do your good ideas get shot down before you or others have a chance to finish a sentence? It only takes a few times before people start feeling unappreciated and develop an attitude of “Why bother?”. Research has shown people […]
Slow down to speed up.
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” – Joseph Campbell When’s the last time you felt truly alive or were in the present moment experiencing life vs. hurrying, frantically trying to get it all done? Most professionals today struggle […]
Are you taking care of you?
All too often self-care is the first thing to go when we are under stress. It can feel frivolous or like a luxury when there are so many things demanding our attention. We implore you to reconsider that thinking. The MOST IMPORTANT element for peak performance to occur is physical and mental well-being. Study after […]
Welcome Dissent. Wait, You want me to do what?!
As leaders, sometimes we don’t want to hear the bad stuff. We don’t want to hear the reasons why not. We don’t to hear more of what people are gossiping and complaining about. We don’t want to hear it, mostly, because we don’t know what to do with dissent. That’s where the shift needs to […]
