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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2010 · 8 MIN

308-The Firefighter

from Clintcast · host Clint Maun

Some folks out there are what we lovingly call ‘firefighters’ - ones who are constantly in the process of putting out ‘fires’. You’ve likely seen them before (or may even be one)... they are continually in a state of fixing things, coming to the rescue of an overwhelmingly large pile of tasks that no one else seems qualified to be able to handle. While the person’s intentions may be good, this can be a very difficult and debilitating situation for an organization to deal with and things tend to grind to a crawl under this individual’s dominant influence. Clint discusses how to ensure that your organization is not falling victim to these firefighters who get their adrenaline rushes from solving problems (maybe even creating new fires to put out!) despite the organization and other staff.

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Some folks out there are what we lovingly call ‘firefighters’ - ones who are constantly in the process of putting out ‘fires’. You’ve likely seen them before (or may even be one)... they are continually in a state of fixing things, coming to the rescue of an overwhelmingly large pile of tasks that no one else seems qualified to be able to handle. While the person’s intentions may be good, this can be a very difficult and debilitating situation for an organization to deal with and things tend to grind to a crawl under this individual’s dominant influence. Clint discusses how to ensure that your organization is not falling victim to these firefighters who get their adrenaline rushes from solving problems (maybe even creating new fires to put out!) despite the organization and other staff.

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