FLASH POINT: Ignite Your Team and Forge a Winning Culture

by Frank Viscuso

Flash Point; Ignite your team and forge a winning culture, will introduce you to the four stages of team development–Incipient, Growth, Fully Developed, and Decay–as well as the eight essential action steps you will need to take to ignite your teams inner fire and forge a winning culture. Flash Point is the latest book by retired deputy fire chief, best-selling author and international speaker Frank Viscuso. Using his trademark style of blending inspiring stories, person experiences, and simple-to-understand action steps, Chief Viscuso provides leaders in all fields with a blueprint for building successful teams.

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2022

Reviews

[Ryan Rodriquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I LOVE reading about what it takes to build winning cultures! Chief Frank Viscuso has built his post-fire department career on sharing personal stories and insights to do just that. By breaking down his approach to the familiar stages of a fire (incipient, growth, fully developed, and decay), he gives us a framework to focus on when looking at our own situation.

There are LOTS of great facts and opinions on leadership in his book as well as personal stories to introduce the concepts he shares. He also shares research and social contributions performed by leading authorities on topics such as grit (Angela Duckworth), mindset (Carol Dweck), and perseverance (David Goggins).

This would be a great introduction for someone who is looking to understand what it takes to "forge a winning culture". One thing I'd like to remind the reader is that the work must be planned, communicated, and properly executed. Without that approach, the words in this book are just a cliche.

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good look at leadership in the fire service but could be applied to other industries.

[Bruce Quint · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an exceptional book about leadership. I found it it be truly beneficial.

[Christian Schuster · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the message of Flash Point and the principles that Frank brought to his readers in his new book. There are so many leadership and team building nuggets throughout the book that it was hard to put down. I felt as though I was highlighting important pieces of information on just about every page. This is a great read for anyone in the fire service, leadership positions, or anyone involved in a team with aspirations of greater success.

The only thing that would have made the book better was less spelling and grammatical errors. These were minor in nature, but unusual for the author. I've read most of Frank's other books and never noticed any of these errors to this degree. I felt as though I needed to point this out so that the errors may be fixed if a subsequent edition of this book were to follow. I would appreciate the honest feedback as a writer myself.

I've learned so much from Flash Point and Frank. I don't want the above paragraph to scare anyone off from reading this book, it's a great read!