FIREPROOFED LEADERSHIP

Fireproofed Leadership is a nationally-known speaking, training, consulting, writing, and career services company that helps solve culture and leadership problems and potential for greatness within an organization. For more information or to set up a meeting, speaking engagement, or training session, contact Pete Havel through this website, 214-244-7906 or pete@petehavel.com

Speaking

Keynote Speeches

President and CEO Pete Havel has spoken to audiences from 20 to 2000 on workplace culture, leadership, and building stronger teams. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits to international conferences with 16,000 attendees to police and fire departments across the U.S. Whether it’s a speech, a talk to a management or leadership retreat, or a conference event, Pete will work with you on key messaging, goals, and getting the right message across to your team.

Upcoming presentations include:

  • “Building a leadership mindset”
  • “How to create a culture of accountability” 
  • “What every first-time leader and manager needs to know”
  • “Dealing with difficult people”
  • “Leading your culture”

Training

Fireproofed Leadership Training–Building a Better Culture through Stronger, All-in Employees, and More Determined Leadership

If your leadership has ignored its responsibility to lead its culture, treat people well, and ignore major instances of bad behavior, your organization is at risk.  That risk means that financial, legal, attraction, and retention of good employees, reputations, and productivity are endangered.  If you want to protect your assets from getting burned, you need to fireproof.

Fireproofing ensures your leadership and management have the mindset, understanding, and tools to deal with the arsonists (issues) in your organization and how to make sure your culture is protected. The answer may lie in values needing meaning, trust rebuilt, or communication channels opened.  Through half and full-day courses, you and your team will learn to identify, confront, and eliminate toxic behaviors in the workplace while providing valuable leadership and management lessons that reduce risk across the board.

To learn more or set up a free 30-minute introductory meeting, call Pete at 214-244-7906 or email pete@petehavel.com

Consulting

Culture Transformation

If your organization has a toxic workplace,  problems are spreading like wildfire.  You need to put out the fire, rebuild, and then fireproof through Pete’s Toxic Transformation ™ consulting process.

Toxic Transformation starts with identifying the problem areas, re-establishing the organization’s core values, and then identifying and implementing solutions. Pete will work with you and your team every step of the way.

Public Safety Culture Division

Fireproofed Leadership training has become a fixture at law enforcement and fire service leadership conferences and in individual departments nationwide. It was in the spotlight at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference. Pete’s book, The Arsonist in the Office, has been called “The Bible for municipal managers.”  Pete has helped numerous first responder agencies through training, consulting, crisis management, leadership development, and coaching services.

Knowing that some cultural changes are more challenging than others, Fireproofed Leadership is pleased to have accomplished and successful culture builders on its advisory team, including Chief Scott Hughes

Chief Scott Hughes bio:

Chief Scott Hughes has been in law enforcement since 1997. Serving in numerous leadership positions in several departments, Hughes has helped transform cultures through effective leadership, personnel management, and accountability. For over twenty years, Chief Hughes has served as an instructor with the Ohio Peace Officers’ Training Commission and collaborates with attorneys to teach use of force, tactics, and case law. Chief Hughes is a contributing writer and instructor for Calibre Press on numerous specialties, including leadership and the “Legally Justified, But Was It Avoidable” training sessions. 

Hughes has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Charleston, is a member of the Association of Force Investigators, and has a Certified Law Enforcement Executive (CLEE) designation. Hughes chairs the Professional Services Committee of the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and serves on the Education Committee. 

Chief Hughes also serves as a subject matter expert on various legal issues, including use of force, police procedures, and police policy.

He assists Fireproofed Leadership clients with a wide range of law enforcement leadership and culture-change initiatives, coaching, audits, and more.

He is currently the Chief of Police in one of Ohio’s fastest-growing suburbs.

Workplace Culture Reviews

Culture problems are often the elephant in the room–the thing that everyone knows is there, but no one wants to deal with. But sometimes events–or problems that can’t be ignored–force us to assess and then deal with internal issues. Our team will help you assess what is happening and offer solutions on how to fix your workplace culture challenges.

Coaching

Deciding to finally address a toxic leader in your organization — whether it’s your friend or a powerful team member who reports to you — can be gut-wrenching. Our team can help you navigate that process and coach toxic employees or teams.