Crew 1st Culture Podcast

Foundation of Trust and Respect

Building relationships, respect, and trust should be a priority for us as leaders. Can you be friends and the boss?

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Marc Davidson joins me on the show today for a great conversation about training and professional development. I feel like Marc and I are very like minded so I felt a quick connection with him on the…

We have no right to gripe about younger generations not knowing their job. If they don’t know how to do the job we’re failing as leaders.

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Putting Our People First

At the heart of my message and basically everything I do with leadership is the statement that it's vital to put our people first. It is no accident that I ended up with the t…

Welcome to the Movement!

This series of videos is geared towards professional development for those on departments that don’t have any. It’s been eating at me for over a year so I’ve finally decided t…

I’m blessed to be joined today for part 2 of a 2 part conversation with one of America’s favorite personalities of the fire service, Ric Jorge. In part 1 Ric went into a little bit of his story but w…

Monday Mindset Check - From the outside, courage  is a term that our citizens use regularly to describe those in the fire service. But are we truly embodying courage or are we imposters that hide beh…

I’m blessed to be joined today for part 1 of a 2 part conversation with one of America’s favorite personalities of the fire service, Ric Jorge. In part 1 Ric goes into a little bit of his story but w…

It’s so easy to create a narrative in your head about how dumb someone’s choices were, how lazy someone is because of things they didn’t get done, and so on when we look at the situation through our …

My guest today is Jim Moss. Jim is the coauthor of Firefighter Functional Fitness and recently has released another book on his own Firefighter Success. We discuss some of the parts of Firefighter Su…

Some times as parents/spouses/leaders we have to make a decision between options that all suck. As we get older decision making send to get harder.  We gain more responsibility, become parents, and l…

My guest today is Kyle Kondoff. Kyle is a Texas firefighter with a story to tell. Kyle talks about his fight through multiple serious injuries (one that nearly took his life), and being diagnosed wit…

Do the right thing even if it means breaking some rules! Those are words from an Instagram post from @firefightersuccess and that’sa decision that sooner or later we probably will have to make. The r…

Justin Lorenzen joins me today. Justin works for the Oklahoma City Fire Department in their training division. Justin shares his insight of what he has seen from the other side and lessons that he's …

It’s a great day! How long has it been since you’ve heard  that? Now days, we most likely don’t hear it much. But if you’rea firefighter that’s exactly what you should be saying every day you arrive …

I’m joined today by a fellow podcast host that has been killing it for 4 years now. James Geering is my guest, host of the popular podcast Behind The Shield Podcast and author of the book “One More L…

No matter what your family Is like or what choices have been made for generations, or what has always been done at your department; we always get to make our own choices. So is there something that n…

Today I am joined by stand up comedian and inspirational YouTuber Rodney Norman. Rodney shares his story of finding a different avenue to share humor after his ability to perform in front of crowds w…

Episode 73 was my first attempt at a live show. For this Monday Mindset Check I dig into the responsibility that we take on as leaders and the weight that we should feel with that.

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Today I’m joined by who I feel is one of the biggest up and coming voices for a better fire service. Ljay Geist shares his passion, his positivity, and his humility with me in one of my favorite conv…