Apathy and Safety - Don't Lose Them Now
About 15 years ago, I read an important engagement story regarding a line worker with a major automotive manufacturer in the United States. The story evolved from an organizational push to gain more...
View ArticleDunder Mifflin and Your Safety Teams
There’s a quote from the TV Sitcom, The Office and Steve Carell who stars as Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch that goes something like this, “Yes, I love teamwork...
View ArticleTeddy Roosevelt on Safety Influence
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Contemporary research suggests that we can better influence the safety-related opinions,...
View ArticleSafety Benchmarking is Over-Hyped
Benchmarking can uncover gaps. I happen to believe benchmarking against other companies is over-hyped. I don’t believe as much of it goes on today as in the past. Today many major corporations see...
View Article“Not-Invented-Here” Debilitates Safety Advancement
Many of us have been stalled or blocked from progressing with newly formed ideas, thoughts, programs or processes because a particular group or leader did not think of it first. Perhaps an innovative...
View ArticleWorking Through The Safety Change Cycle
In 2004, I wrote a fun and enlightening book that walks and talks the reader through a cycle of safety-related change. I modified Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ work which takes everyone though a journey of...
View ArticleSafety Collaboration: How is Your Organization Doing?
No doubt, collaborative organizational approaches are designed to increase productivity, quality and safety performance. In fact, in many cases, "collaborative involvement and decision making" at the...
View ArticleSafety and Servant Leadership: Does it Give Us the Best Chance to Win?
I’m a fan of servant leadership. I first wrote about it in a cover story for Professional Safety in 1996. Servant leadership is largely about developing and helping others first - allowing them to...
View ArticleSafety - Gotta Coach 'Em Hard - Hug 'Em Later
Football season has just begun and lots of high school and college coaches are pretty frustrated right now. Many are trying to figure out why their kids (athletes) aren’t getting it. And many haven’t...
View ArticleDeveloping The EHS Bubba Within
Leaders who are expected to make regular and sustained improvements regarding the environment, health, and safety (EHS) need to impact each of their workers’ domains of attitude formation, not simply...
View ArticleGreat Safety Leaders Give Away Power
Certainly great safety leaders don’t always give away their power and authority, but there are times when it is in everyone’s best interest to give at least some of it away. This is especially true...
View ArticleThe Ant Man and Your Safety Vision
Yesterday, I was returning from my opening keynote for the Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference in the state of Washington and decided to pass the time by watching Ant Man, the movie. I...
View ArticleThe Fourth Behavioral Principle and Blue Bell Ice Cream
You’ve likely read some of the stories linking Blue Bell Ice Cream to three deaths and up to 10 listeria cases. But did these events have to occur?Seemingly workers repeatedly informed management...
View ArticleRespect as a Key Dimension of Safety Leadership and Culture
Visiting different parts of the world is one of the many benefits of my work. Right now, I am traveling through Italy and having a great time. In Italy, the cultural aspects and variations of a country...
View ArticleAre You Building Resilience Into Your Culture for Safety?
“You can’t do better than your best.” Those are the words I heard from legendary football coach, Bobby Bowden during a recent time together. I can only imagine Bobby using those words to “settle his...
View ArticleIs Your Safety Tech Hurting Your Safety Touch?
I’ve been speaking about this for years. I feel strongly that we are made to be touched. Hey, I even like to hug! Yes, I liked to reach out and hug people - touch people and shake a hand. That...
View ArticleVisioning with Oliver Luck
I thought that most of you would enjoy hearing from someone other than me regarding vision and forward thinking for safety professionals, and the rest of your organization. Well, I enlisted my good...
View ArticleThe Popeye Principle and Your Safety Information
As a child, I loved watching the cartoon show and character, Popeye. Most memorable are the fits Popeye would take when he lost patience with someone or was frustrated by something. But before he...
View ArticleSteve Harvey and Learning Safety Leadership
If you didn’t see or hear about the Steve Harvey blunder at the most recent Miss Universe contest you may have been travelling. Oh well, when Steve inadvertently called and crowned the wrong winner,...
View ArticleGettin’ Dirty for Safety’s Sake - Where’s Your Dirt?
Culture is an archaeological construct and it stands to reason that you have to dig a bit in order to find out what’s really going on in your organization. When I conduct various types of culture...
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