The Chief's Challenge
A leadership podcast for those who are chief officers or aspire to be chief officers in the fire service. We will talk about what challenges the chief faces and some of the solutions/coping skills we have adopted through the years.
Episodes
12 episodes
Eight No-Brainer Boss Strategies
This episode features Nick Brunacini, Terry Garrison and John Vance.We want your helmet (for the AVB CTC)! Che...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:17:24
Ask The Chiefs; Pretty Good Career Advice
This week, we will be hosting a Q&A session with the chiefs - Terry Garrison, Nick Brunancini, John Vance, and Greg Timinsky, to answer questions submitted by B Shifter listeners. We understand that dealing with a non-progressive fire chief...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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58:14
Ask The Chiefs - The Lost Episode
Somehow we misplaced this episode, but hallelujah- we found it! That means three more B Shifter's get a t-shirt! We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! This episode we discuss the paramilitary structure of...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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51:26
ATC - Arbitration Overturned Firing & Keeping Passion for the Job!
This is another round of Ask The Chiefs! We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! Every question we use will get a Bruno OG IC T-Shirt. This time around we discussed dealing with those who get their jobs bac...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:00:57
Ask The Chiefs Part 1
Part 1 of 2We asked for questions for the chiefs and we received some good ones! Every question we use will get a Bruno OG IC T-Shirt. This episode features Terry Garrison,
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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43:28
Boss Behaviors - It's About the Work!
Alan Brunacini left a lot of unpublished materials and programs that were in the progress of completion when he passed away. Terry Garrison and Nick Brunacini are putting all of those works together for a leadership program for the fire service...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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58:56
Leadership Thursday
It's Leadership Thursday so we gathered the chief's around the table to talk about stuff on the strategic level and tell a few light hearted stories too. It like having microphones at a support group for chief officers (and you are invited too!...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:44
Leadership Thursday; Being Nice, Second Chances and a lot of A-holes
We say a-hole in this episode a lot. So much so that instead of heavy editing we embraced it and let our unfiltered selves fly.We cover continuing Bruno's work, retirement, "call fatigue", lessons learned as chiefs, how we should behave...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:14:48
Building
If you want light hearted (at times) serious fire service leader talk - we have it for you here!This time Nick Brunacini, Pat Dale and John Vance delve in to building a staff as a new Fire Chief. We get "off topic" a lot and may n...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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49:18
Labor
If you want light hearted serious fire service leader talk - we have it here for you!This time Nick Brunacini, Terry Garrison and John Vance delve in to labor relations, particularly the Chief - Union relationship. We hit on some other ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:24:36
Culture
We are talking culture. How to capture it, improve it and make it authentic. In 2007, Terry Garrison retired from the Phoenix Fire Department after serving more than 30 years. Working for Alan Brunacini and reaching the level of a...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:06:16
Welcome to The Chief's Challenge
In 2007, Terry Garrison retired from the Phoenix Fire Department after serving more than 30 years. Working for Alan Brunacini and reaching the level of assistant chief of operations helped shape Terry’s consistent values: firefighter safety and...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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59:10