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🔥 Episode Description:

In this no-holds-barred episode of Gold Leaf Leadership, we’re drawing a hard line between the kind of aggression that saves lives — and the kind that drives people out of the volunteer fire service.

Being aggressive on the fireground isn’t optional — it’s essential. But when that same aggression bleeds into the firehouse, into our training, leadership, and relationships, it becomes a cultural cancer.

We’re calling it out.
We’re breaking it down.

And we’re rebuilding a model of leadership that’s as tough as the job — and as human as the people doing it.

You’ll hear about:

• The difference between fireground intensity and firehouse toxicity
• Why ego is destroying morale in volunteer departments
• What it really means to wear the uniform with purpose
• How to lead with standards without abusing your people
• And why the future of the volunteer fire service depends on leaders who can lead with grit

This one’s for the chiefs, the officers, the senior members — and the ones stuck in the middle of a broken culture trying to make it better.

This is your call to action.
Lead with fire. Lead with focus.
And always, lead with grit.

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