Park Leaders Show

This episode of the Park Leaders Show digs into the audio vault and shares an audio file from the Ranger Rendezvous in 2015. 

I talk to 4 different park ranger about their experience with the National Park Service. 

One question I asked all the ranger is why they became a park ranger. It is inspiring to hear these young rangers talk about why they became a park ranger. 

Ask yourself the same question. Why did you become a park ranger?

Write your answer down. Look at it before you go to work. Keep reminding yourself why you are doing this work. 

Direct download: Ep_141_-_Why_did_you_become_a_ranger.mp3
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Dan Cockerell had a successful 26-year career with Disney, working his way from parking cars to the Vice President of the Magic Kingdom.

Before his career at Disney, Dan spent a summer as a volunteer at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Recently, Dan left Disney to make a transition into full time speaking and consulting.

Like most of us in parks, Dan worked time out in the field with guests. He learned operations by performing the tough jobs. When he became a leader with Disney, he understood what it took to perform jobs under pressure always focused on serving the guest.

Dan specializes in building strong cultures and solid operations for organizations.

Dan offers an article of the week for leaders. If you are interested in leadership, you will find a lot of value in these articles. In the weekly email, Dan offers curation on why the article matters and how you can apply it to your role.

Find out more about Dan at DanCockerell.com.

Direct download: Ep_140_-_Dan_Cockerell.mp3
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David Gustafson is a lead ranger with the City of Boulder. With city parks, or parks close to cities, problems you see in cities can also spill over into parks. 

Homelessness is one of those problems. 

When a park has to deal with a homeless population, you also have to deal with the other problems that come with it; trash, fire danger, drugs, and safety. 

How can rangers serve the public while also serving the homeless population that finds their way into the park? Ranger Gustafson talks about this and more on this episode of the Park Leaders Show. 

Direct download: Ep_139_-_Dave_Gustafson.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am PDT

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