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5 Essential Building Blocks for Improving Organizational Culture
• December 11, 2024Few leaders can honestly say they know how to create, maintain, and enhance their culture. At the same time, the success of a culture change effort depends on the degree to which leaders understand and relate their own decisions, behaviors, and thought processes to the culture itself. The most challenging part of culture change is…CASE STUDY: The Davis H. Elliot SIF Prevention Story
• December 5, 2024Zero Fatalities, $5 Million Saved: The Power of Proactive Safety MeasuresDespite years of rigorous safety protocols and declining recordable incident rates, Davis H. Elliot faced serious injuries and fatalities that continued to haunt the company. The question wasn’t about reducing minor injuries—it was about preventing the life-altering events that were too common. This issue could…What Does The Practice Of Accountability Mean?
• October 28, 2024When leaders are asked what they would like to get better at, the answer is often accountability. Usually, it’s thought to be about holding people accountable for non-performance, but the leadership practice of accountability can be so much more! Yes, it is about holding people to account, but it is also an opportunity to grow…How to Change Organizational Culture and Avoid Catastrophes
• October 16, 2024Catastrophes are a risk in organizational life. From a quality issue that causes consumer fatalities and brings reputational damage to a hostile working environment leading to harassment or to employees becoming seriously or fatally injured. These things are usually a surprise to the senior-most leaders. “I knew we had some issues at that facility, but…Organizations Are Built on a Cultural Infrastructure
• October 9, 2024Organizational culture has been defined in numerous ways. To some, it’s about what we as a group really value — production, quality, technical excellence, safety, diversity, growth, profit, engagement, goal attainment, and efficiency.From this perspective leaders start by understanding what they value, then develop what they think we should value. Then they develop a strategy to…A Bad Workplace Culture Can Result in a Disaster, No Matter the Industry
• October 9, 2024A bad workplace culture is a hazard in itself. But even a mediocre one can contribute directly to a disaster. NASA won awards for being the “best place to work” among U.S government agencies. But the Space Shuttle Columbia failure, which resulted in the loss of seven astronauts and countless resources, was directly related to cultural…VIDEO: What are the key takeaways from “If Your Culture Could Talk”?
• September 9, 2024There are two sections in Tom Krause’s book “If Your Culture Could Talk: A Story About Culture Change.” In this video he highlights the key takeaway from the initial story, and one of the five, research-based variables that leaders must pay attention to in order to build and maintain a strong culture.For more information on…What Leadership Needs to Know about Changing Organizational Culture
• August 21, 2024SAY you have a manufacturing location with problems — three plant managers in two years, unusual variation in quality and/or safety, seemingly unpredictable swings in productivity. The options senior leadership considers may be to sell it, give it a defined period to show or go, or take on the task of rehabilitation.Leadership may wonder whether…For A Positive Workplace Culture, Make Words Match Decisions and Actions
• August 19, 2024If organizational values on paper don’t match up with employee’s day-to-day experience, culture suffers. Here’s how to back them up with action.How often do organizations go through the motions of defining their company value statements, only to leave them to languish like just another exercise checked off the list? When organizational values such as integrity,…
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Here you will find some of our best insights into safety leadership, culture, SIF Prevention and decision-making.
Organizational Decision Making for Safety: Part 2
When we think about the sheer numbers of decisions made by leaders the task of improving them all seems quite daunting. The study identified a subset of decisions which had the greatest impact on 60 serious and fatal events. This article outlines an improvement strategy for organizations based on the findings.
Organizational Decision Making for Safety: Part 1
The notion that leadership matters to organizational safety is intuitive for most people. Despite this understanding, safe decision making is an aspect of leadership that has not received enough attention.
