About this episode

Fire Chief Sionna Stallings-Ala'ilima discusses the importance of family and servant leadership in her role.

Fire Chief Sionna Stallings-Ala'ilima of the Tacoma Fire Department talks Family & Servant Leadership! Be purposeful on how you show up every day in whatever role you are in, because pessimism and optimism are both contagious! Every leaders holds a certain amount of power. The most influential of leaders have the power of respect and are experts at their job. Remember that people will follow you if they respect you and if you are really good at your job.

People in this episode

Host: Berlin Maza

Guest: Sionna Stallings-Ala'ilima

Topics covered

• Servant Leadership
• Family Leadership
• Influence
• Respect
• Leadership Power

Keywords

• leadership
• servant leadership
• influence
• respect
• optimism
• pessimism
• fire chief

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tacoma Fire Department

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