Robbie MacCue, MBA, Paramedic www.MacCue.net
For more than 14 years, Robbie served as the President of a non-profit EMS organization in Upstate New York causing remarkable changes and measurable results working with Lisa on organizational change.
Robbie MacCue has more than 18 years experience in the EMS industry. Currently, he is serving as a paramedic with the Town of Colonie, in New York, in their Special Operations Division for ground rescue, flight & tactical medicine. He performs international medical flights with REVA air ambulance. He served as President of Sand Lake Ambulance, a non-profit EMS organization in Upstate New York, for 14 years. In addition, Robbie is a CPR instructor who is passionate about empowering others to save more lives. Robbie graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY with a BS in Information Technology & Management Information Systems and from Case Western Executive MBA program and the Cleveland Clinic’s health care management track. Robbie enjoys providing business consulting that combines his love of technology with healthcare to businesses and non-profit organizations.
In 2018, Robbie became licensed to offer consulting services for the Standard’s for Excellence® program by completing an exclusive professional development initiative that gives independent consultants the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to work with nonprofit organizations across the country interested in learning about and implementing the Standards for Excellence code.
Robbie has partnered with the American Heart Association and cardiac arrest survivors to teach CPR to over 3,000 students at his home town high school in Averill Park, NY, and took the message statewide spearheading a movement to pass legislation that added hands-only CPR to the health education curriculum in New York State. Due to his expertise, Robbie has appeared on XM Satellite Radio’s Doctor Radio show, a local NBC news affiliate, front page of NY’s Capital Region Times Union newspaper and Real Conversations, a talk show in NY’s Capital Region. In 2013, Robbie was awarded Advocate of the Year by the American Heart Association’s New York affiliate chapter.
With looming budget issues and other constraints, Robbie realized the need to transform his non-profit ambulance company and medical training company so he began diligently working with leading communication authority and organizational change expert, Lisa Giruzzi. Together they were able to provide an intervention for the ambulance company that created a magnetic and thriving culture causing volunteer participation to more than double; exceeding 19,000 hours per year. Additionally, payroll expenses were reduced by over $20,000. Since the issues addressed at Sand Lake Ambulance are common among other EMS organizations, Robbie and Lisa launched an initiative to empower the EMS industry to create similar results. Together, they have formed the EMS Leadership Academy, published a book, and are both committed to having a positive impact on Emergency Services worldwide.
Robbie MacCue’s Most Recent Posts:
2018-19 NYS Recruitment and Retention Grant Opportunity - The NYS Dept of Homeland Security & Emergency Services opened a grant for Recruitment & Retention funding for volunteer fire and EMS agencies in 2012/2013, then again in 2015.We just found out NYS DHSES is doing the same Recruitment & Retention grant for 2018/19, the deadline is Sept 14, 17:00, 2018.In the 2012/13 grant period […]
Why do organizations tend to be so negative? - “That’s never going to work”, “We’ve tried that before”, “The problem is…” Does this sound familiar? Do your good ideas get shot down before you or others have a chance to finish a sentence? It only takes a few times before people start feeling unappreciated and develop an attitude of “Why bother?”. Research has shown people […]
Upcoming EMS Leadership Weekend: Registration Open! - Begin to positively impact retention & morale through EMS leadership development. This series of programs provides the framework for being the leader people want to follow. Redefine the culture & standards of conduct in your agency to have members who are engaged, unified and inspired to give their best! There are many key distinctions essential to […]
Impact Your Confidence & Power in 2 Minutes - We are featuring a TED talk from Amy Cuddy, a Harvard Business School researcher, who tells us proven methods to increase our confidence and power with simple little tips about adjusting our body language. These simple tips also come with a great story! We frequently talk about how communication impacts our interactions with the people around us. From the patients you treat, […]
A shot of Vitamin H. Does Happiness impact the workplace? - If there’s something we could all use a dose of, it’s vitamin H. No I’m not talking about the real vitamin H (Biotin) or even Haldol… I’m talking about Happiness. Think about it. Do YOU like to be around people who drain the energy out of you, who are miserable and just looking for an opportunity […]