Elements Firetack Inc. has grown significantly over the past several years. With that growth comes the responsibility to ensure that the systems supporting our people grow with us.
Many of the processes that worked when we were a smaller organization have served us well, and the results show. As we grow, those processes need to grow too. This is an opportunity to review what we are doing well, identify where we can improve, and build a stronger system for our people, with input from our people. As we prepare for the 2027 wildfire season, it is time to take performance management and professional development to the next level.
Elements has engaged an external HR consulting firm to support this initiative. Over the next several months, our Leadership Team will work with Management and our HR consultant to review our current practices, plan improvements, and prepare to roll out our new system for the 2027 season.
Our goal is to greatly improve our current system so that it better helps our people understand expectations, recognize their strengths, identify opportunities for improvement, set professional goals, and build pathways toward greater responsibility and leadership. This “next level” will include more structured performance reviews, clearer expectations and goals, professional development planning, improved employee recognition, and stronger tools for our leaders to provide meaningful feedback.
Elements is a company where our people can grow and move into positions of greater responsibility. For others, Elements may be an important part of their journey—a place to gain experience, develop leadership skills, build confidence, and eventually take those skills into another career or opportunity. We have had the privilege of watching many of our people grow—some taking on greater responsibilities within Elements and others moving on to new opportunities. We celebrate both.
We want Elements to be a positive and supportive part of our people’s careers, wherever those careers may take them. Our goal is straightforward: develop our people, strengthen our leaders, recognize excellence, and create opportunities for our team and the communities we come from to succeed.