9This book offers managers, officers, leaders and aspiring members nuggets and tips for navigating the choppy waters that leaders and managers deal with daily. A collection of posts and ideas from The New Fire Officer site provides real world experiences in the fire service, where things move fast and success is critical, these offerings can be used in any industry. We all have our own ideas of what leadership is and how we should direct our efforts in cultivating it. Over the years I've had the honor and opportunity to be a fire officer in both the volunteer and career settings. Both have their own unique challenges, but the ability to communicate and work with people is just as important in each and this book provides some of those tools.