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#EmergencyManagement #DOE
Some days, you just gotta burn the midnight oil at the office.

I’m not saying you work your fingers to the bone or sacrifice your health/well-being. But sometimes you gotta put a little more effort than other leaders.
If people think leadership is easy, then you are doing it right.
So as I sit in the office blaring Metallica, I also reflect for a bit as I had to advocate hard for my team this week. Seems like something so trivial, but standing firm for the team goes a long way.
What. A. Day.
Reporting live from the greenest office on campus…
September is shaping up to be a busy month. And citing recent news, I should probably beef up our security response planning.
Week-1 will include our IPPG meetings and a VIP visit from the U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danley.
Week-2 planning on COOP and running through the new workplace violence program with the rest of the directorate. And as Emergency Management, we gotta follow up on the AAR/IP meeting. If all goes well, my EM program will get the chance to pilot that new apparel program.
Week-3 will be all the candidate interviews for our new Deputy Fire Chief, end of year employee evaluations, and our first ICS-300 class delivery at Argonne.
Week-4 will be assigned to supporting Region-9 in Guam.

Happy National Preparedness Month!
Decided to play some twilight ⛳️ today.

Mother Nature did not disappoint.
Reporting live from the last hole…
Who’s dumbass idea to put a stop sign blocking part of the ramp?!?!?

C’mon! Let’s do better.
Lots of people need some extra space and room to roll down.
Let’s be more considerate of those who need a little extra help.
Whoa.

I want one.

I mean, we have some big buildings right?

Ben, you said our onsite hydrant pressure was really good right?!? I promise you can nickname it the “Little Ben”
Well, maybe we can put Chicago Fire’s new 6-7-3 aka Deluge Wagon on our box card. 6-7-3 resides in CFD’s Special Operations division.
Reporting live with Wagon envy…
Day long management training for us today.

Foster a supportive growth mindset.
Glad to have these mandatory trainings as I feel like, as leaders, we are always leading/managing and often need some time to reset and refresh the views for the teams under our command.
Reporting live from APS…
Dad Math tonight. Then this addition problem almost derailed the entire sesh.

If they only knew how rad stuff was.
Kids…
But a good lesson for PIOs as we are constantly trying to keep up with the latest lingo on social media.
I’m definitely not an expert by any stretch, but happy that my aura is well respected by the kids.
Let me cook yo!