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, with a BS in Information Technology & Management Information Systems and from Case Western University’s Executive MBA program with their speciality Cleveland Clinic health care leadership program. Robbie enjoys providing business consulting that combines his love of technology with healthcare to businesses and non-profit organizations.
Robbie is licensed through the Standard’s for Excellence® Institute 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 in 2015. 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:
How do I get our Board on-board?- Putting together a well rounded board of directors.We receive questions like this from across the country, and sometimes across the world, with very similar challenges - so don’t feel that you’re alone. Creating engagement with many stakeholders can feel like an impossible task. You not only have a board, but you have clients (or patients), […]
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, […]