Model for Creating Flow-Based Organizations
The Georgia Smoke Diver program represents a model of service and community that can be duplicated successfully in other public service organizations. GSD is a group of equals, leaders committed to service.
How the GSD program manages to sustain itself from year to year has to do with member commitment to excellence and the mission of the program: to make firefighters better. After studying them for the past five years, I have identified very specific characteristics that facilitate their longevity, passion, and dedication to their profession. The following characteristics of the GSD program form a framework for flow-based leadership:
- Lead by example.
- Communicate clearly.
- Commit to a stable infrastructure.
- Bind the group by cultivating trust.
- Honor individual creativity for innovation.
- Use positive motivation techniques.
- Facilitate team flow.
Figure 7: Flow-based Leadership Manifesto
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