06. #06 How to Empower Your People to Be Mentally Tough and Mentally Fit- Featuring Fire Chief Mike West

This weeks podcast features Chief Mike West who is doing some leading edge things with his department, Front Range Fire Rescue, especially in empowering his people to be resilient and ready. In this episode we cover:How to empower your firefighters to be mentally tough and mentally wellHow to develop happy and healthy firefighters and Chief officersThe benefits of a 1900 start time for the 48/96 shift schedule! Semper Gumby: How to create flexible cultures that also are empowered to ask “Why?”You can listen here on Apple Podcast or Spotify!​On the FFC Podcast we empower emergency responders to master stress resilience, foster a fulfilling career and enrich your personal life. We will talk about ultimate human performance, how this applies to firefighters and first responders and dive into the concepts that lead to your overall health, happiness, and physical and mental health. Topics covered will include human performance psychology, sports psychology, bodies response to stress, mental fitness, physical fitness, recovery techniques, breathing practices and how to be mindful even in the most challenging situations.Rate, Review and Follow!Please consider rating and reviewing the Firefighter Craftsmanship Podcast! This helps us support more people (just like you) move toward their ultimate human performance potential.Smash on that Follow button to make sure you never miss an episode!Want even more training resources including a weekly email that spoon feeds you the top Human Performance concepts into your inbox? You can get all of that here: https://firefightercraftsmanship.ck.page/emaillist