With pool season and summer programming coming to a close in many parts of the country, we want to thank you for your participation in our Not On My Watch series. We hope that this series provided you with actionable steps to implement at your organization to help prevent aquatic incidents.
For the final email in this series, we'd like to focus on a key piece to wrapping up the summer: Debriefing and gathering feedback from your staff. By stopping to reflect on the summer, you can not only recognize the hard work that your staff has accomplished, but also identify areas of opportunity and improvement as you move into a new season.
Challenge your lifeguards to really take the time to reflect on their summer and identify personal and department-wide goals for the fall, or for next summer. We recommend debriefing with your staff on the following topics:
